Imported case ofLeishmania tropica cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 10-year-old child in Malaysia.

Autor:	Tan TK; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Yap NJ; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Leong KF; Pediatric Institute, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Teh CS; Pediatric Institute, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Tay ST; Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Lim YAL; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Tropical biomedicine [Trop Biomed] 2022 Mar 01; Vol. 39 (1), pp. 86-88.
DOI:	10.47665/tb.39.1.017
Abstrakt:	The present paper reported a first imported case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 10-year- old child who returned from Saudi Arabia to Malaysia. Six weeks after his travel to Malaysia, two erythematous dermal nodules were developed over his right cheek and chin. Occurrence of intracellular amastigote of Leishmania was observed through examination of skin biopsy with hematoxylin and eosin stain. Furthermore, molecular analysis of ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) of Leishmania spp. confirmed the child was infected with Leishmania tropica. The child was given oral fluconazole and he had a 80% recovery before he went back to Saudi Arabia.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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