Leishmania major in an Egyptian patient manifested as diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) is an unusual form of cutaneous leishmaniasis mainly caused by infection with Leishmania aethiopica in the Old World. In this paper, diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis was reported for the first time, in an Egyptian patient from Sinai Peninsula resulting from infection with L. major zymodeme LOND-1 as proved by enzymatic characterization, using seven enzymes.

Scaning electron microscopy of Capillaria muris sylvatici from Clethrionomys glareolus with reference to the zoonotic species.

Species of the genus Capillaria are numerous. Many of them are parasites of different species of vertebrates, including man, causing various pathological manifestations. The taxonomy of the capillariids is a complicated one.