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Diagnosis of Leishmania infection in a nonendemic area of South America
American tegumentary leishmaniasis is the generic name for a variety of cutaneous and mucocutaneous presentations of parasitosis caused by several species of the genus Leishmania. This is a widespread infection in the American continent, from the South of the United States to the North of Argentina. We herein describe the management of a patient with American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Mendoza, Argentina, a nonendemic area of South America, whose diagnosis and treatment were significantly delayed, because the patient did not report a recent history of travel to any known endemic areas. This case stresses the need for training health-care professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of not only endemic parasitosis within their work zones but also nonendemic parasitosis.Fil: Cargnelutti, Diego Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas. Centro CientÃfico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Medicina y BiologÃa Experimental de Cuyo; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; ArgentinaFil: Borremans, Carlos Guillermo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; ArgentinaFil: Tonelli, Rosa Lidia. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; ArgentinaFil: Carrizo, Liliana Carmen. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; ArgentinaFil: Salomón, MarÃa Cristina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; Argentin