leishmaniasis

leishmaniasis

1. Skin lesions

   • Skin cancer
   • other infections
   • Types

2. Obligate intracellular parasite

3. morphology

   • Amastigote
     • found in human circulatory system
     • no flagella
   • Promastogotes
     • found in the gut of sandflies
     • with flagella

4. Transmission

   • Sandfly
   • infected blood transmission

5. Types

   • Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL)
     • Most Common
   • Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis (MCL)
   • Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL)

6. Pathophysiology

7. Signs and Symptoms

   • CL
     • starts as papule then to nodular plaques then ulcer lesion with raised edges, covered by scab surrounding by inflammation
   • MCL
     • it affects nose, mouth and throat cavities
   • VL
     • it affects the internal organs especially liver, spleen and bone marrow

8. Diagnosis

   • Blood smear
   • Skin biopsy
   • Serology

9. Treatment

   • Sodium stibogluconate
   • Meglumine antimoniate
   • Miltefosine
   • Amphotericin
   • Paromomycin

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