background: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease, which imposes massive human distress and financial costs to the endemic countries. better understanding of host immune response to the parasite leads to helpful strategies for disease control. interleukin (il)-10 and transforming growth factor (tgf)-β are important immune regulatory cytokines, which appear to develop non-heal...

introduction: leishmanioses are important parasitic diseases presenting in three clinical forms visceral, cutaneous and muco-cutaneous. some rodents are the reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. the disease prevails in many rural areas of yazd province. this was the first comprehensive study on the fauna of rodents in yazd and was conducted to determine the fauna, distribution an...

introduction: most b-cell malignancies are diagnosed based on morphologic and immunohistochemical criteria. some cases, however, still present a challenge for the pathologist to discriminate between reactive hyperplasia and neoplastic disorders. molecular techniques can be used as a helpful diagnostic tool in these cases. in this study, we assessed the value of polymerase chain reaction (pcr) t...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic disease, which is hyperendemic in Isfahan, usually caused by L.major and L.tropica. Herein we report a patient with post-mastectomy lymphedema on right upper limb accompanying with the lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis on the right and left forearms. Following radiotherapy, the lesions on the limb with lymphedema were disseminated. But the lesions on...

Orf virus is a parapoxvirus that infects small ruminants worldwide. We present the case report of a 73-year-old woman with non-Hodgkins lymphoma who developed progressive orf virus lesions that were unresponsive to surgical debridement and to cidofovir therapy. The patient's orf virus infection was successfully treated with topical imiquimod despite progression of her malignancy.

Cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19-SARS-CoV-2-are common and varied. Morbilliform, vesicular, urticarial eruptions may be nonspecific initial features the disease. Chilblainlike lesions on fingers or toes typically occur as part a resolution phase, signifying milder course, whereas livedoid retiform purpura are associated with coaguloapthy more severe Additionally, Kawasaki-like multisystem i...