ArticleTropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines2022
Misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a case report.
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- Understanding the complexity of cutaneous leishmaniasis patient journey in endemic rural Sri Lanka: a qualitative study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Atypical Manifestations of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review and Clinical Atlas of Unusual Clinical and Specific Anatomical Presentations.Health science reports · 2025Review
- Chronic ulceration as a late manifestation of tropical disease.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2025Article
- Role of Molecular Diagnosis in Imported Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Its Public Health Significance in India.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Context of Global Travel, Migration, Refugee Populations, and Humanitarian Crises.Clinics and practice · 2025Review
- Unusual Unsatisfactory Treatment in Two Patients with Imported Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- 'We do not rush to the hospital for ordinary wounds (suḷu tuvāla)': A qualitative study on the early clinical manifestations of cutaneous leishmaniasis and associated health behaviours in rural Sri Lanka.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundLeishmaniasis is a widespread disease in tropical and subtropical countries, except for Australia and Oceania. In Poland, tourists, migrants and travellers from leishmaniasis-endemic countries may carry Leishmania. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of undiagnosed cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient who received many weeks of inadequate antibiotic treatment. Ulceration in the right submandibular region was thought to be a purulent complication after laser surgery. Six weeks before the ulcer developed, the patient had visited the jungle (Guatemala). Cutaneous leishmaniasis was finally diagnosed after nine months based on a proper history and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Treatment with antimony derivatives was administered. After three months, the ulcer healed but left a scar.
conclusionA lack of knowledge about tropical diseases among doctors and an incomplete medical history were the reasons for many weeks of erroneous treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with antibiotics. This is the first reported case of cutaneous leishmaniasis misdiagnosed as a complication after an aesthetic medical procedure.
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