Figure 1

Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis . A patient with multiple ulcerated lesions of different degrees of evolution found on hands (A) and legs (B). Leishmania amastigotes were found in smears from the most recent lesions located on hands, face and the back of the patient. The lesions present in legs were the oldest. The Montenegro skin test was reactive, and L. (V.) braziliensis was incriminated as the causative agent by PS-PCR.