Imported leishmaniasis in travelers: a 7-year retrospective from a Parisian hospital in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leishmaniases are regularly seen in non-endemic areas due to the increase of international travels. They include cutaneous leishmaniases (CL) and mucocutaneous (MC) caused by different Leishmania species, and visceral leishmaniases (VL) which present with non-specific symptoms.

Methods

We reviewed all consecutive leishmaniasis cases seen between September 2012 and May 2020. The diagnostic strategy included microscopy after May-Grünwald-Giemsa staining, a diagnostic quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay, and species identification based on sequencing of the cytochrome b gene.

Results

Eighty-nine patients had a definitive leishmaniasis diagnosis. Nine patients had VL with Leishmania infantum. Eighty patients had CL. Twelve patients acquired CL after trips in Latin Am

SUBMITTER: Aissaoui N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8442464 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature