Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Australia: A case report

Abstract

Rationale: Australia is the only inhabited continent, which is not endemic to leishmaniasis. There are some published articles reporting cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers, immigrants and refugees. However, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis has not been reported previously from the continent.

Patient concerns: Lesions were present over the nasal septum and the oropharynx of a 34-year-old healthy non-indigenous male. Diagnosis was delayed as it took multiple biopsies as well as extensive discussions in a multidisciplinary team.

Diagnosis: Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.

Interventions: Liposomal Amphotericin for 20 days.

Outcomes: The patient was symptomatically improved after 3 weeks’ treatment.

Lessons: With international travel resuming after the pandemic, it becomes imperative that physicians in Australia are aware of this imported disease and its various presentations.

Keywords

Leishmaniasis / Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis / Australia / Infectious disease

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Informed consent was obtained from the patient for the publication of this case report and any accompanying images

Funding

The authors received no extramural funding for the study.

Authors’ contributions

AA: Conceptualization, data curation, treating clinician, writing- review and editing; MJ: Treating clinician, review and editing; CW: Treating clinician, review and editing; BC: Data curation; review and editing.

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Edited by Pan Y, Lei Y, Zhang Q

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