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First case of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in Suriname.

ABSTRACT: The main causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Suriname is Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis. This case report presents a patient infected with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, a species never reported before in Suriname. This finding has clinical implications, because L. braziliensis has a distinct clinical phenotype characterized by mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, a more extensive and destructive form of CL that requires different treatment. Clinicians should be aware that chronic cutaneous ulcers in patients from the Guyana region could be caused by L. braziliensis.

SUBMITTER: Hu RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3335687 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First case of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in Suriname.

Hu Ricardo V P F RV   Kent Alida D AD   Adams Emily R ER   van der Veer Charlotte C   Sabajo Leslie O A LO   Mans Dennis R A DR   de Vries Henry J C HJ   Schallig Henk D F H HD   Lai A Fat Rudy F M RF  

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20120501 5

The main causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Suriname is Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis. This case report presents a patient infected with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, a species never reported before in Suriname. This finding has clinical implications, because L. braziliensis has a distinct clinical phenotype characterized by mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, a more extensive and destructive form of CL that requires different treatment. Clinicians should be aware that chronic cu  ...[more]

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