Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)»Leishmaniasis (B55)
B55
Leishmaniasis
Sub-codes (4)
- B55.0 Visceral leishmaniasis
1 indication for 24 drugs
- B55.1 Cutaneous leishmaniasis
- B55.2 Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
1 indication for 7 drugs
- B55.9 Leishmaniasis, unspecified
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Leishmaniasis19 drugs (7 approved, 12 experimental)
A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus LEISHMANIA. There are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World) (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), mucocutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS), and visceral (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL).