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dc.contributor.authorSentongo, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorDdumba, Edward
dc.contributor.authorAmandua, Jacinto
dc.contributor.authorOwor, Raphael
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-17T12:44:21Z
dc.date.available2012-12-17T12:44:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationSentongo, E., Ddumba, E., Amandua, J., Owor, R. (2012). Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Uganda: Report of the first case at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital. Intercontinental Journal of Microbiology, 1(1):1-8.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.intercontinentaljournals.org/IJBS.htm
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/928
dc.description.abstractThe transmission of Leishmania in central Uganda is little known despite that equine leishmaniasis was reported on the mainland in 1926. A case is reported of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an immunocompromised patient, possibly acquired on the Ssesse Islands in Lake Victoria or on the mainland or even introduced from a neighbouring country. The patient’s facial and limb skin lesions were suspected to be Kaposi’s sarcoma or cutaneous mycobacterial disease and diagnosis was made on histological examination. The possibility of parasite visceralisation could not be excluded, but there was evidence of multi-organ disturbance. Treatment options though limited yielded clinical and histological improvement with Amphotericin B. Parasite isolation was not possible and polymerase chain reaction analysis of unstained formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded skin sections identified Leishmania major as the causative organism.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIntercontinental Journalsen_US
dc.subjectCutaneous leishmaniasisen_US
dc.subjectLeishmaniaen_US
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectCase managementen_US
dc.titleCutaneous leishmaniasis in Uganda: report of the first case at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospitalen_US
dc.typeJournal article, peer revieweden_US


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