Open AccessCutaneous leishmaniasis presenting with painless ulcer on the right forearm: A case report
Author(s) -
Zhuang Liu,
Jing Su,
Ping Tu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i7.2301
Subject(s) - medicine , cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis , amastigote , leishmania , dermatology , leishmania tropica , leishmania major , levofloxacin , visceral leishmaniasis , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science
Leishmaniasis includes a range of chronic infections in humans and animals and can be caused by more than 20 species of Leishmania protozoa. The manifestations of leishmaniasis are diverse and dependent on the immune response capacity of the host and the type of Leishmania . In East Asia, leishmaniasis is relatively rare and prone to misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis.