Abstract
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is rarely seen in the United States. Four Cuban immigrants traveled along the same route at different times from Cuba to Ecuador, then northward, including through the Darién Jungle in Panama. These patients had chronic ulcerative non-healing skin lesions and were given a diagnosis of leishmaniasis.
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MeSH terms
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Adult
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Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
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Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
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Cuba
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Emigrants and Immigrants*
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Female
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Humans
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Leishmania guyanensis / drug effects
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Leishmania guyanensis / physiology*
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Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / diagnosis*
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Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / drug therapy
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Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / parasitology*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Panama
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Travel
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United States
Substances
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Antiprotozoal Agents
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liposomal amphotericin B
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Amphotericin B