Atypical mucocutaneous involvement with Leishmania donovani.
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2012-05
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Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis has rarely been reported from
India. The usual causative organisms of this infection are
Leishmania braziliensis and L. tropica. Another species, L.
donovani, which usually causes visceral leishmaniasis, has
recently been reported to cause mucocutaneous disease in a
few patients from Sri Lanka. We report two patients who had
undiagnosed chronic skin lesions for several years. Skin biopsies
revealed Leishmania and the species was characterized as L.
donovani in both patients. There was considerable improvement
in the skin lesions following treatment with liposomal
amphotericin B.
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PULIMOOD S A, RUPALI P, AJJAMPUR S S R, THOMAS M, MEHROTRA S, SUNDAR S. Atypical mucocutaneous involvement with Leishmania donovani. National Medical Journal of India. 2012 May-Jun; 25(3): 148-150.