Author(s)

Marina Romero-Navarrete^1*, Lucio Vera-Cabrera², Roberto Arenas³, María Elisa Vega-Memije³, Aureliano Castillo-Solana¹

¹General Hospital of Acapulco, Secretary of Health, Guerrero, Mexico.
²Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez University Hospital, University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico.
³Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical skin endemic disease, with worldwide distribution. By 2020 in the Americas, Mexico was in 12th place with 11 states reporting new cases. Molecular biology with different targets for diagnosis and species identification has been used for decades, also dermoscopy, a non-invasive diagnostic tool has shown its usefulness. We present the first case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in non-endemic place (Guerrero, Mexico) identifying Leishmania mexicana with molecular biology, and treated with itraconazole.

Atypical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases, Lutzomyia, Leishmania mexicana, Itraconazole

Romero-Navarrete, M. , Vera-Cabrera, L. , Arenas, R. , Vega-Memije, M. and Castillo-Solana, A. (2022) Atypical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by Leishmania Mexicana: A Case Report with Dermoscopic, Histopathological and Molecular Study. Advances in Microbiology, 12, 597-602. doi: 10.4236/aim.2022.1211041.