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CASE REPORT
Indian erythrodermic postkala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
Summary
Postkala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a complication of kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis and is caused by Leishmania donovani. We describe an Indian male patient with the rarer erythrodermic form of PKDL and multiple unusual skin lesions viz. verrucous, annular and mucosal ulceration.
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Footnotes
Contributors GS, NB, PS and VR drafted the manuscript. All four authors finally approved the manuscript. PS did PCR for the diagnosis of species and VR provided miltefosine for the treatment.
Competing interests None declared.
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