Two small yellowish papules in a 1 year-old boy: cutaneous leishmaniasis.

CONCLUSION: Cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment is difficult to standardize; treatment options in children include wound careand watchful waiting, intralesional pentavalent antimonials, topical paramomycin, or oral miltefosine. PMID: 27136631 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27136631?dopt=Abstract

Source: Dermatol Online J - May 3, 2016 Category: Dermatology Authors: Noguera-Morel L, Azorin D, Xirotagaros G Tags: Dermatol Online J Source Type: research

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