We report on a 66-year-old male who presented for evaluation of rapidly expanding lesions on his lower extremities. He first noticed these lesions following a trip to Costa Rica, in which he was bitten by several unidentified bugs. He was initially treated empirically with antibiotics in the outpatient setting with no improvement of his symptoms. His lesions continued to expand and spread locally which prompted further workup with a biopsy of one of his lesions. He was ultimately found to have Leishmaniasis (Viannis) guyanensis confirmed by microscopy and polymerase chain reaction. He was treated with aggressive wound care and amphotericin B due to the risk of progressing to involve his mucosa.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.