New World leishmaniasis from Spain.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 69 year old man living in Spain contracted mucocutaneous leishmaniasis involving the nose. The infecting organism was Leishmania infantum, which only rarely causes the New World form of the disease. The source of infection was probably a neighbour's dog. The patient began treatment with liposomal amphotericin B but died of pneumonia two months later.
Medical subject headings
- Leishmania infantum
- Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous
- Nose Diseases