Autochthonous Disseminated Dermal and Visceral Leishmaniasis in an AIDS Patient, Southern Thailand, Caused by Leishmania siamensis

Autochthonous disseminated dermal and visceral leishmaniasis in an AIDS patient, southern Thailand, caused by Leishmania siamensis.

We report the first establishment of in vitro cultivation and genotypic characterization of Leishmania siamensis isolated from an autochthonous disseminated dermal and visceral leishmaniasis in a Thai acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient. The molecular identification has shown that the parasite was identical to L. siamensis, a recently described Leishmania species reported in the s...

Disseminated Dermal Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania siamensis In a Systemic Steroid Therapy Patient

Leishmania siamensis infection was recently reported from Thailand. Clinical presentation of L. siamensis infections is generally related to human immunodeficiency virus infection. Herein, disseminated dermal L. siamensis infection in a systemic steroid therapy patient from Myanmar is described.

Leishmania siamensis in southern Thailand

Visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in Thailand.

Thailand is considered as a non-endemic area for leishmaniasis. We report the first case of visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in a Thai man living in Bangkok.

Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil

The authors report a case of disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, in a 55 years old patient with 1,119 lesions distributed throughout the body. The patient resides in Sabáudia municipality, North of Paraná State, Southern Brazil, where there was no previous report of this form of leishmaniasis. Treatment with meglumine antimoniate was successful, alt...