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Disseminated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Case Report

Edna Indira Rodriguez Garcia, Román Mercado Estefanía

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by intracellular protozoan Leishmania genus, considered an occupational disease, which mainly affects farmers, and is associated with conditions of poverty. With a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations that can make early diagnosis and timely treatment difficult, the case presented is an immunocompetent patient who developed disseminated cutaneous leishmanisis.