Sotiropoulos G, Wilbur B
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
J Emerg Med. 2001 May;20(4):353-6. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(01)00311-0.
With the increasing numbers of travelers and immigrants coming to the United States from tropical areas where Leishmaniasis is endemic, it is important to be familiar with its common cutaneous manifestations. Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection caused by the obligate intracellular protozoa Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of the sandfly. It can appear as a nonhealing lesion on exposed skin in patients and is often misdiagnosed, delaying treatment. We present two cases of patients who presented to the Emergency Department with chronic, nonhealing ulcers that were ultimately found to have Leishmaniasis.
随着越来越多来自利什曼病流行的热带地区的旅行者和移民来到美国,熟悉其常见的皮肤表现非常重要。利什曼病是由专性细胞内原生动物利什曼原虫引起的寄生虫感染,通过白蛉叮咬传播。它在患者的暴露皮肤上可表现为不愈合的病变,且常被误诊,从而延误治疗。我们介绍两例患者,他们因慢性不愈合溃疡到急诊科就诊,最终被诊断为利什曼病。