A family cluster of cutaneous Leishmania major infection unresponsive to intralesional meglumine antimonial: Case reports

• Published in: Indian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 451 - 454
• Main Authors: Ziaee, Masood, Ghatee, Mohammad Amin, Taylor, Walter Robert, Karamian, Mehdi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier B.V 01.07.2022
• Subjects: DNA sequencing; Ketoconazole; Leishmania major; Ketoconazole; Leishmania major; DNA sequencing

We describe a family cluster of L. major that became infected by traveling to an endemic focus of CL, which did not respond to intralesional meglumine antimonial treatment whilst two were hospitalized due to the progressive disease that responded to 4 weeks of oral ketoconazole. Parasite genotyping...