Clinical features
The typical lesion are crusty, painless ulcers on exposed skin. There may be small satellite ulcers. Local lymphadenopathy only occurs in the presence of bacterial superinfection.
Ulcers usually heal within 8 months, leaving a scar.
Distinct forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis include:
- recidivans leishmaniasis
- diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis
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