Oral mucosal and skin lesions observed in the first 48 hr in newborns.

Background: Newborn period is a definition used for the first 4 weeks of life and it has some different characteristics compared with adult skin.

Aims: In this study, we tried to define the pathological and physiological skin manifestations and demographic data observed in newborns PATIENTS/METHODS: In this study, newborns born between 2018 and 2019 were evaluated prospectively. Along with demographic findings, temporary neonatal skin manifestations, congenital spots, benign neonatal pustulosis, congenital anomalies and other lesions were statistically evaluated.

[A nine-year evaluation of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Diyarbakir Training and Research Hospital, Turkey].

Leishmaniasis, which is a zoonotic disease caused by obligate intracellular parasites namely Leishmania spp., may present as visceral, cutaneous and mucocutaneous forms. Turkey is accepted as an endemic region for leishmaniasis.