diffuse leishmaniasis

diffuse leishmaniasis
diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis a rare chronic form of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopica in East Africa, by L. pifanoi in Venezuela, and by L. mexicana and species of the Viannia subgenus in South and Central America. It is characterized by local and hematogenous spread from a primary lesion to produce generalized nodular lesions resembling those of lepromatous leprosy in the skin and sometimes involving the nasal mucosa and laryngopharynx. Individuals with this form of the disease do not develop an effective immune response to it. Called also anergic or anergic cutaneous l.

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