Clinical and laboratory characterization of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Chinese migrant workers returned from Iraq
Kuo Bi,
Xiaoli Li,
Rui Zhang
et al.
Abstract:Background
Imported cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a growing problem with increasing global travel to endemic areas. Returned travelers with CL are easy to be misdiagnosed and mistreated due to the lack of awareness for the disease to the physicians in non-endemic region that may lead to unfavorable outcome. Our study intends to summarize the characteristics of Leishmania infection imported from Iraq, so as to help Chinese physicians diagnose and treat the disease. All CL patients were treated with intralesio… Show more
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