Short Report: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis after Travel to Cyprus and Successful Treatment with Miltefosine

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作者：
Poeppl, Wolfgang [1 ]
Walochnik, Julia [2 ]
Pustelnik, Tom [1 ]
Auer, Herbert [2 ]
Mooseder, Gerhard [1 ]
机构：
[1] Mil Hosp Vienna, Dept Dermatol & Trop Med, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
[2] Med Univ Vienna, Inst Specif Prophylaxis & Trop Med, Dept Med Parasitol, Vienna, Austria
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 2011年 / 84卷 / 04期
关键词：
ORAL MILTEFOSINE; DONOVANI; WORLD; INFANTUM;
D O I：
10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0645
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
A patient presenting with an atypical manifestation of cutaneous leishmaniasis after travel to Cyprus was successfully treated with miltefosine. The K26 typing revealed a hitherto undescribed strain of the Leishmania donovani/infantum complex as the causing agent.
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