cutaneous leishmaniasis
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Related to Old World leishmaniasis: New World leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis recidivans
cutaneous leishmaniasis
[kyü′tā·nē·əs lēsh·mə′nī·ə·səs] (medicine)
A parasitic skin infection by Leishmania tropica characterized by deep ulcers of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
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