Abstract:Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) is mostly associated with Leishmania braziliensis; however, a few cases of Leishmania tropica induced mucocutaneous leishmaniasis have been reported. The standard treatment for leishmaniasis is pentavalent antimonials, but several other drugs for resistant cases have been proposed including amphotericin and miltefosine. Here we present a case of multiple treatment resistant mucocutaneous leishmaniasis with nasal involvement caused by L. tropica; cure was not achieved by multiple trea… Show more
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