Eyelid Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Case Report
| Autor: | Moein DOROODGAR, Masoud DOROODGAR, Abbas DOROODGAR |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 46, Iss 2 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2251-6085 2251-6093 |
| Popis: | Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common parasitic disease transmitted by vectors in Iran. CL is endemic in many urban and rural parts of Iran and usually caused by two species of Leishmania as L. major and L. tropica transmitted to humans from parasite reservoirs by the bite of female sandflies. We report a case of ocular leishmaniasis with eyelid involvement presentation. The patient was a 70-yr-old housewife woman referred to Health Care Center in city of Kashan, central Iran in 2012. The disease was diagnosed by direct smear, culture, and PCR from the lesion. PCR was positive for L. major. Her lesion was treated with systemic meglumine antimonate (Glucantime) (20 mg/kg/day) for 20 days. |
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