Limited Cutaneous Leishmaniasis as Ulcerated Verrucous Plaque on Leg, Tucson, Arizona, USA1

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Dagenet, Caitlyn B. ; Davis, Mitchell S. ; Murphy, Sean ; Thiede, Rebecca ; Culpepper, Keliegh S. ; Fazel, Mohammad
• Description:
  We report a 34-year-old man who had a nonhealing, verrucous plaque with central ulceration on the lower leg. This case-patient is a rare example of endemic limited cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Clinicians should be aware of this disease because its manifestations can vary for individual patients.
• Subjects:
  • Research Letter
  • Limited Cutaneous Leishmaniasis as Ulcerated Verrucous Plaque on Leg, Tucson, Arizona, USA
  • cutaneous leishmaniasis
  • leishmaniasis
  • leishmania
  • parasites
  • sand flies
  • dermatology
  • case report
  • ulcerated verrucous plaque
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(6):1268-1269
• Pubmed ID:
  37209715
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10202869
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/129721/cdc_129721_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 373.45 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:25a1a7185ab6ecf4522d1cc2a520832f50981a303b0baf9f74cddd96de8b5635