Cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers and migrants: a 10-year case series in a Canadian reference centre for tropical diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is increasingly encountered in returned travellers and migrants to nonendemic countries. We sought to describe the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosed at our reference centre over a 10-year period.

Methods

This case series included all laboratory-confirmed cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers and migrants for whom complete clinical data were available, diagnosed between January 2008 and October 2018 at the J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases in Montréal. We examined the number of cases each year. We used descriptive statistics to summarize variables (e.g., demographic characteristics, travel history, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, treatments, adverse event

SUBMITTER: Lemieux A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343123 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature