Imported case of Leishmania tropica cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 10-year-old child in Malaysia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2022
Abstract
The present paper reported a first imported case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 10-yearold child who returned from Saudi Arabia to Malaysia. Six weeks after his travel to Malaysia, two erythematous dermal nodules were developed over his right cheek and chin. Occurrence of intracellular amastigote of Leishmania was observed through examination of skin biopsy with hematoxylin and eosin stain. Furthermore, molecular analysis of ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) of Leishmania spp. confirmed the child was infected with Leishmania tropica. The child was given oral fluconazole and he had a 80% recovery before he went back to Saudi Arabia.
Keywords
Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Leishmania tropica, imported case, ITS-1
Divisions
Parasit
Funders
None
Publication Title
Tropical Biomedicine
Volume
39
Issue
1
Publisher Location
21-5-2, BLOCK, E, DIAMOND SQUARE, JALAN 3-50, OFF JALAN GOMBAK, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA