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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the United States

Report of a Case in a Veteran^1,2,

The thirty-first case of cutaneous leishmaniasis reported from the United States and Canada is presented. All were exogenous. This patient was a returned veteran who had been exposed to infection in the Mediterranean area. The disease responded satisfactorily to radiation therapy.

¹ From the Laboratory and Surgical Services, Thayer Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee.

² Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the authors.

³ Nashville, Tenn.

⁴ Evansville, Ind.