Medical Term
oriental sore
also: delhi boilaleppo boilBaghdad boil
a skin disease, occurring in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia, caused by the parasitic protozoan Leishmania tropica (see LEISHMANIASIS ). The disease commonly affects children and takes the form of a slow-healing open sore or ulcer, which sometimes becomes secondarily infected with bacteria. Antibiotics are administered to combat the infection.
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