Leishmaniasis due to L. infantum presenting as macrocheilitis and responding to liposomal amphotericin B

Eur J Dermatol. 2009 May-Jun;19(3):281-2. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2009.0652. Epub 2009 Mar 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cheilitis / diagnosis
  • Cheilitis / parasitology*
  • Cheilitis / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Leishmania infantum / isolation & purification*
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / diagnosis
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / parasitology*
  • Lip / parasitology
  • Lip / pathology
  • Male

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B