Successful Treatment of Rapidly Evolving Cutaneous Leishmaniasis With Amphotericin B and Miltefosine in an Immigrant From Venezuela.
Danielle M MullisEvan ShegogLucy StudemeisterMichael HwangPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease uncommonly encountered in the United States. This case report describes a 54-year-old man presenting with rapidly progressing, pruritic, painful ulcerative lesions after recently immigrating from Venezuela. A punch biopsy confirmed infection with Leishmaniasis braziliensis . He was successfully treated with amphotericin B and miltefosine.
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