Two cases of imported cutaneous leishmaniasis in Korea.
10.3347/kjp.1985.23.2.327
- Author:
Tae Young YUN
1
;
Hee Chul EUN
;
Yoo Shin LEE
;
Je Geun CHI
;
Eui Keun HAM
;
Sung Tae HONG
;
Soon Hyung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Pathology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
parasitology-protozoa;
case report;
Leishmania donovani;
leishmaniasis;
Saudi Arabia
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1985;23(2):327-330
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Two Korean men who had worked in Saudi Arabia complained of skin ulcers in the right wrist for 5 months or in the face and left forearm for 4 months each. Ulcers accompanying crust was observed in both cases. The characteristic cellular destruction and amastigote in the cytoplasm of histiocyte supported the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Those are 17th and 18th imported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Korea(summarized from text).
