Epidemiology

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Etiology

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Pathophysiology

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Clinical features

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis

• Painless solitary or multiple reddish macules and/or papules around the sandfly bite that increase in size and develop central ulceration

Diagnostics

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• Microscopy: macrophages that contain amastigotes
  • Amastigote: round or oval with a peripherally located nucleus

Treatment

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