A case of cutaneous leishmaniasis successfully treated with local injection of antimony preparations
Abstract：The patient was a 25-year-old male who presented with papules and plaques on right shoulder for 7 months, with exudation and crusts for 3 months. The patient had once worked in Nigeria and suffered from mosquito bites. He was considered as"cutaneous leishmaniasis" and treated with metronidazole and fluconazole which didn't produce any therapeutic effects. The skin biopsy showed epidermal atrophy, many histocytes diffused in dermis with a lot of Leishman-Donovani bodys in and around them, the result of PAS was positive, and the result of PCR confirmed the pathogen was Leishmania major. After the failure of oral itraconazole and terbinafine for 1 month, glucantime therapy was given, 3 months later, the patient's lesions healed with hypertrophic scar.
Keywords：Cutaneous leishmaniasisAntifungal drugsGlucantime
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 186-188 )