“…However, in the current review (Table 1), we found that leishmaniasis with exclusive primary involvement of the oral mucosa was more frequent in immunocompetent patients (14 cases, 70.0 %). In immunocompromised patients, we found 6 cases (31.6 %), with 3 (15.8 %) in HIV-positive patients [3,6] and diabetes, kidney transplant, and corticotherapy with one case each [5][6][7]. Interestingly, in all cases that were difficult to diagnosis, the patients were HIV-negative, whereas in HIVpositive patients the parasite was easily visualized in the tissues.…”