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Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Among Ulcerative Skin Lesions in Taif City

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  • Mahmoud Khalifa Mahmoud

    (Consultant of Dermatology King Faisal Complex, Saudi Arabia)

  • Howaida Mahmoud Hagag

    (Clinical laboratory, Taif University, Saudi Arabia)

  • Khadiga Ahmed Ismail
  • Osama Mahmoud Khalifa
  • Amal Fathy Gharib

    (Department of Pathology, Al Azhar University, Saudi Arabia)

  • Razan Alzhrani
  • Salma Alnafaie
  • Sara Althubati

    (Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an annoying and disfiguring disease affecting around 1,500,000 individuals globally. There are endemic pockets of this disease in Taif region. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite (genus Leishmania) transmitted by the bite of a female phlebotomine sand-fly. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis ranges from a self-resolving cutaneous ulcer to a mutilating mucocutaneous disease and even to a lethal systemic illness. Therapy has long been a challenge in the more severe forms of the disease, and it is made more difficult by the emergence of drug resistance.

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  • Mahmoud Khalifa Mahmoud & Howaida Mahmoud Hagag & Khadiga Ahmed Ismail & Osama Mahmoud Khalifa & Amal Fathy Gharib & Razan Alzhrani & Salma Alnafaie & Sara Althubati, 2019. "Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Among Ulcerative Skin Lesions in Taif City," JOJ Dermatology & Cosmetics, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(5), pages 80-83, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jjojdc:v:1:y:2019:i:5:p:80-83
    DOI: 10.19080/JOJDC.2019.01.555572
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