Doroodgar Masoud, Doroodgar Moein, Doroodgar Abbas
School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Dept. of Medical Parasitology, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Iran J Public Health. 2017 Feb;46(2):261-264.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common parasitic disease transmitted by vectors in Iran. CL is endemic in many urban and rural parts of Iran and usually caused by two species of as and transmitted to humans from parasite reservoirs by the bite of female sandflies. We report a case of ocular leishmaniasis with eyelid involvement presentation. The patient was a 70-yr-old housewife woman referred to Health Care Center in city of Kashan, central Iran in 2012. The disease was diagnosed by direct smear, culture, and PCR from the lesion. PCR was positive for Her lesion was treated with systemic meglumine antimonate (Glucantime) (20 mg/kg/day) for 20 days.
皮肤利什曼病（CL）是伊朗最常见的由媒介传播的寄生虫病。CL在伊朗许多城乡地区呈地方性流行，通常由两种利什曼原虫，即热带利什曼原虫和硕大利什曼原虫引起，通过雌性白蛉叮咬从寄生虫宿主传播给人类。我们报告一例伴有眼睑受累表现的眼部利什曼病病例。该患者是一名70岁的家庭主妇，2012年转诊至伊朗中部卡尚市的医疗保健中心。通过对病变部位进行直接涂片、培养和聚合酶链反应（PCR）诊断出该疾病。PCR检测显示硕大利什曼原虫呈阳性。她的病变采用葡萄糖酸锑钠（葡酸锑钠）（20mg/kg/天）进行全身治疗，持续20天。
