Title of article
Eyelid Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Case Report
Author/Authors
DOROODGAR, Moein School of Medicine - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , DOROODGAR, Masoud School of Medicine - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , DOROODGAR, Abbas Dept. of Medical Parasitology - School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Pages
4
From page
261
To page
264
Abstract
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 Leishmania as L. major and L. tropica transmit-ted 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 L. major. Her lesion was treated with systemic meglumine antimonate (Glucantime) (20 mg/kg/day) for 20 days.
Keywords
Ocular leishmaniasis , Leishmania major , Eyelid cutaneous leishmaniasis
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2017
Record number
2429517
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