Tan, Tiong Kai and Yap, Nan Jiun and Leong, K. F. and Teh, C. S. and Tay, Sun Tee and Lim, Y. A. L. (2022) Imported case of Leishmania tropica cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 10-year-old child in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 39 (1). pp. 86-88. ISSN 0127-5720, DOI https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.39.1.017.
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The present paper reported a first imported case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 10-yearold child who returned from Saudi Arabia to Malaysia. Six weeks after his travel to Malaysia, two erythematous dermal nodules were developed over his right cheek and chin. Occurrence of intracellular amastigote of Leishmania was observed through examination of skin biopsy with hematoxylin and eosin stain. Furthermore, molecular analysis of ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) of Leishmania spp. confirmed the child was infected with Leishmania tropica. The child was given oral fluconazole and he had a 80% recovery before he went back to Saudi Arabia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | None |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania tropica; imported case; ITS-1 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Parasitology Deparment |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2023 08:49 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2023 08:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/43007 |
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