[HTML][HTML] Nonresponsiveness to standard treatment in cutaneous leishmaniasis: a case series from Sri Lanka

FW Refai, NP Madarasingha… - Tropical …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Leishmaniasis is caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic in Sri Lanka with over 3000 cases during the last decade and
numbers are increasing. Treatment options available in Sri Lanka for CL include
intralesional/intramuscular sodium stibogluconate and cryotherapy. Eight cases of treatment
failure with standard therapy are reported from the Dermatology Clinic, Teaching Hospital
Anuradhapura. Therapeutic regimes aim for clinical healing, these patients responded …