Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Treated With Controlled Localized Heating

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REPORT OF A CASE A 37-year-old man of Sudanese origin visited his homeland for 2 weeks. Shortly after his return, he noted numerous nonhealing "sores" on his extremities and neck that enlarged over the succeeding 4 weeks. A 2-week course of systemic antibiotics administered by his physician failed to improve the condition. The patient was seen in consultation and was noted to have 10 exudative red nodules and plaques. Unroofed, shaggy ulcerations were noted (Fig 1). Findings from the skin biopsy specimen showed a granulomatous infiltrate with epithelioid cells and multinucleated giant cells. No organisms were detected. A portion of the biopsy specimen was cultured on NNN (Novy, MacNeal, and Nicole) medium at 25°C.1 After 5 days, promastigotes with the morphologic appearance of Leishmania tropica were noted. THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE Although the individual lesions were substantive and had the potential for chronic manifestations and postinflammatory scarring,

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