This document describes a case study of a 25-year-old male patient presenting with a non-healing ulcerated plaque on his right elbow for 2 months. The patient has a history of diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and tuberculosis. Laboratory tests found the patient was positive for Leishmania tropica. The patient was started on intralesional meglumine antimoniate treatment twice weekly for 12 weeks to treat his cutaneous leishmaniasis infection.
17. Group of diseases caused by infection with
one of the protozoan parasites of the genus
Leishmania
Designated one of the five most important
preventable diseases worldwide by the
World Health Organization
18. Affects people in 88 countries of the world
Has a global prevalence of 12 million with
additional 350 million at risk
Annual incidence of 1.52 million
20. Cut Leishmaniasis is endemic mainly in
Baluchistan, Interior Sind and Rural areas of
Punjab.
Cut Leishmaniasis due to L tropica has the widest
distribution; occurring in urban areas of Punjab and
Baluchistan, Northern areas, and Azad Kashmir
Increasingly reported from towns of KPK, FATA
and Baluchistan
23. RODENTS
Tropical & subtropical
china, India, Asia,
Africa, Mediterranean,
& Central America
24. DOMESTIC DOG
Mediterranean,
southern Russia,
Afghanistan, India &
Pakistan
60. Freezing
Local heat
Oral Itraconazol
Topical amphotericin
Topical aminoglycoside antibiotics
Paromomycin is sometimes effective
Allopurinol
Oral Miltefosine
61. Timings dawn and dusk
Full sleeves
Use repellant lotion and repeat after 4 hours
Use nets if sleeping outdoors
62. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis has become a
huge public health problem.
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is a preventable
disease
Med professionals working at various
levels must be able to recognize and
manage the disease
Cost-containment in med care demands
accurate diagnosis made without undue
delay