Preferred Label : Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis;
ICD-11 definition : Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis results from anergy to leishmania infection which
allows infection to spread widely over the skin surface. It manifests as progressively
spreading painless nodular infiltration of the skin by either L. aethiopica or L.
amazonensis. In contrast to disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, the leishmanin test
is negative, nodules contain abundant parasites and response to therapy poor.;
Origin ID : 1569672963;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis results from anergy to leishmania infection which
allows infection to spread widely over the skin surface. It manifests as progressively
spreading painless nodular infiltration of the skin by either L. aethiopica or L.
amazonensis. In contrast to disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, the leishmanin test
is negative, nodules contain abundant parasites and response to therapy poor.
