Otolaryngological manifestations of leishmaniosis

Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2016, Vol 70, Issue 5

Abstract

Travel to developing countries is associated with possibility to acquire different, also parasitic, diseases which have become a diagnostic and therapeutic problem. The ENT specialist is one of the medical officers who may make initial contact with a patient with a suspected parasitic disease. One of them is leishmaniosis: a parasitic disease classified as Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), which occurs in the tropics, subtropics and southern Europe. While asymptomatic invasion is observed in some cases, three forms of symptomatic leishmaniosis can be distinguished: cutaneous leishmaniosis (CL), visceral leishmaniosis (VL), and mucosal leishmaniosis (ML). Signs and symptoms of these forms, as well as the differential diagnosis, diagnostic procedures and treatment are presented in the paper.<br/><br/>

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Piotr Kurnatowski, Jakub Moroz

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  • EP ID EP79035
  • DOI 10.5604/00306657.1203550
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Piotr Kurnatowski, Jakub Moroz (2016). Otolaryngological manifestations of leishmaniosis. Otolaryngologia Polska, 70(5), 2-6. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-79035