Sporotrichoid dissemination of cutaneous leishmaniasis possibly triggered by a diagnostic puncture

Case report: A 31 year old Spanish woman attended Hospital Clinic in Barcelona in August 2018, after working in La Paz (Bolivia) for six months. She remembered an insect bite on her right thigh, during a trip to Beni (Brazilian border) with progression to a papule with a central crater within one mo...

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Autores: Laynez Roldán, Pedro, Fuertes, Irene, Almuedo Riera, Alex, Losada, Irene, Giavedoni, Priscila, Camprubí Ferrer, Daniel, Muñoz, José, Gállego Culleré, M. (Montserrat), Fernández Arévalo, Anna, Rodriguez Valero, Natalia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/135122
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/135122
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Leishmaniosi
Terapèutica
Leishmaniasis
Therapeutics
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Sumario:Case report: A 31 year old Spanish woman attended Hospital Clinic in Barcelona in August 2018, after working in La Paz (Bolivia) for six months. She remembered an insect bite on her right thigh, during a trip to Beni (Brazilian border) with progression to a papule with a central crater within one month. Treatment with oral moxicillin/clavulanic acid yielded no improvement. Thereupon, a diagnostic puncture of the ulcer was performed, with a positive result of polymerase chain eaction (PCR) for Leishmania spp. without bacterial isolates in the culture. She then decided to return to Spain for management.