A case of cutaneous leishmaniasis found in Indiana

Dermatol Online J. 2013 Jul 14;19(7):18982.

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis was diagnosed in an Indiana resident, an 80-year-old man who had visited Afghanistan 7 months earlier. Although cultures were negative, skin biopsy demonstrated round to oval bodies that stained strongly positive with Giemsa staining. His ulcerated plaques cleared readily with oral ketoconazole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Afghanistan
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Indiana
  • Ketoconazole / therapeutic use
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / drug therapy
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / pathology*
  • Male
  • Skin / parasitology*
  • Skin / pathology*
  • Travel

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Ketoconazole