RT Book, Section
A1 Wolff, Klaus
A1 Johnson, Richard Allen
A1 Saavedra, Arturo P.
A1 Roh, Ellen K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1140787501
T1 SYSTEMIC PARASITIC INFECTIONS
T2 Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 8e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259642197
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1140787501
RD 2024/04/19
AB Etiology.  Many  species  of  obligate  intracellular  protozoa  Leishmania;  predominant  species  are:  New  World:  Leishmania  mexicana  complex,  Viannia  subgenus.Old  World:  L.  tropica,  L.  major,  and  L.  aethiopica.Vector.  Sandflies.  Old  World:  Phlebotomus.  New  World:  Lutzomyia.Pathogenesis.  Infection  of  macrophages  in  skin,  naso-oropharyngeal  mucosa,  and  the  reticuloendothelial  system  (viscera).  Diversity  of  clinical  syndromes  resulting  from  a  particular  parasite,  vector,  and  host  species.