Transient Success Using Prolonged Treatment with Miltefosine for a Patient with Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Infected with Leishmania mexicana mexicana

Alejandro Ordaz-Farias Department of Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; Dermatology Service, Infectious Diseases Service of the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; National Vector Borne Disease Program, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico D.F., Mexico

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Fania Z. Muñoz-Garza Department of Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; Dermatology Service, Infectious Diseases Service of the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; National Vector Borne Disease Program, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico D.F., Mexico

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Farah K. Sevilla-Gonzalez Department of Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; Dermatology Service, Infectious Diseases Service of the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; National Vector Borne Disease Program, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico D.F., Mexico

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Ana Arana-Guajardo Department of Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; Dermatology Service, Infectious Diseases Service of the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; National Vector Borne Disease Program, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico D.F., Mexico

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Jorge Ocampo-Candiani Department of Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; Dermatology Service, Infectious Diseases Service of the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; National Vector Borne Disease Program, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico D.F., Mexico

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Nancy Treviño-Garza Department of Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; Dermatology Service, Infectious Diseases Service of the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; National Vector Borne Disease Program, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico D.F., Mexico

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Ingeborg Becker Department of Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; Dermatology Service, Infectious Diseases Service of the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; National Vector Borne Disease Program, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico D.F., Mexico

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Adrian Camacho-Ortiz Department of Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; Dermatology Service, Infectious Diseases Service of the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México; National Vector Borne Disease Program, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico D.F., Mexico

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Leishmania sp. is an intracellular parasite that causes a variable degree of clinical manifestations, especially in the skin. We present the case of a 38-year-old male with a chronic history of mucocutaneous disease present since childhood that generated deformity, loss of cartilage in the ears and nose, and scarring that limited his range of motion. The parasite was identified as L. mexicana mexicana. The patient was treated with a 3-month course of oral miltefosine with overwhelming results.

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* Address correspondence to Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Gonzalitos y Madero Sn, Mitras Centro, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 64610. E-mail: acamacho_md@yahoo.com

Authors' addresses: Alejandro Ordaz-Farias, Ana Arana-Guajardo, and Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Hospital Universitario–Internal Medicine, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, E-mails: ordaz7@hotmail.com, ana.aranag@gmail.com, and acamacho_md@yahoo.com. Fania Z. Muñoz-Garza, Farah K. Sevilla-Gonzalez, and Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Hospital Universitario–Dermatology, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, E-mails: faniazamantta@hotmail.com, farahkaty82@hotmail.com, and jocampo2000@yahoo.com.mx. Nancy Treviño-Garza, Secretary of Health, National Center for Epidemiologic Surveillance and Infection Control, Mexico, Mexico, E-mail: nantrevino@hotmail.com. Ingeborg Becker, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Experimental Medicine, Mexico DF, Mexico, E-mail: becker@servidor.unam.mx.

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