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ArticleCureus2025

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Requiring Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Diagnosis.

Guadalupe Mercado, Charlotte Read, Cory L Simpson

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Guadalupe MercadoOsteopathic Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
Charlotte ReadDepartment of Dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Cory L SimpsonDepartment of Dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a protozoal skin infection transmitted by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies, can present a diagnostic challenge outside endemic regions. We describe a twenty-nine-year-old woman who recently emigrated from Ecuador and presented with an enlarging ulcer on the left thigh that failed to respond to multiple courses of antibiotics. Histopathology and tissue culture from skin biopsies were nondiagnostic, but polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing identified

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cutaneous leishmaniasisdiagnostic molecular pathologyleishmania braziliensisprotozoan infectionstropical medicine

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PMID41477429
PMCPMC12752806

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