plural cutaneous leishmaniases
Definition of cutaneous leishmaniasis
: a common form of leishmaniasis that is caused by a parasitic protozoan (such as Leishmania tropica and L. major in the Old World and L. mexicana and L. braziliensis in the New World) and is marked by the formation of one or more enlarging, slowly-healing, skin lesions (as a papule or ulcer) which typically occur on an exposed part of the body (as the face or an arm or leg) and usually cause significant scarring
Physicians should consider the possibility of cutaneous leishmaniasis in persons with chronic skin lesions who have traveled to or been deployed within areas where leishmaniasis is endemic. — Travel Medicine Advisor
— compare visceral leishmaniasis
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The first known use of cutaneous leishmaniasis was in 1912
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