A form of muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Old World

Four Ethiopian patients with leishmaniasis affecting the nose or the mouth are described. Leishmaniasis affecting these sites is relatively common in Ethiopia; this resembles South American leishmaniasis but probably results from direct extension from skin lesions rather than from metastatic spread...

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Published inTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 72; no. 5; pp. 516 - 518
Main Authors Barnetson, R.StC, Ridley, D.S., Wheate, H.W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 1978
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Ethiopia
Female
Humans
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous - diagnosis
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous - pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Ethiopia
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Summary:Four Ethiopian patients with leishmaniasis affecting the nose or the mouth are described. Leishmaniasis affecting these sites is relatively common in Ethiopia; this resembles South American leishmaniasis but probably results from direct extension from skin lesions rather than from metastatic spread of organisms.
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Present address : Department of Dermatology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
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ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/0035-9203(78)90173-6