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American cutaneous leishmaniasis as a rare imported disease in Europe: A case report favourably treated with antimonial derivatives

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A rare case report of American leishmaniasis imported to Italy after a prolonged journey in Brazil is described, and discussed according to the recent epidemiologic, diagnostic, and clinical literature evidence. Since a delayed diagnosis and treatment of American leishmaniasis outside endemic areas is common (due to a low clinical suspicion), careful and timely consideration of tropical infections is warranted in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous lesions found in a European traveller.

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  1. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi General Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Roberto Manfredi, Maria Assunta di Bari, Leonardo Calza & Francesco Chiodo

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Manfredi, R., di Bari, M.A., Calza, L. et al. American cutaneous leishmaniasis as a rare imported disease in Europe: A case report favourably treated with antimonial derivatives. Eur J Epidemiol 17, 793–795 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015622016579

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