A 30-year-old woman from Honduras presents with a chronic non-healing ulcer on her arm. Biopsy shows amastigotes. PCR identifies Leishmania mexicana. ...

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A 30-year-old woman from Honduras presents with a chronic non-healing ulcer on her arm. Biopsy shows amastigotes. PCR identifies Leishmania mexicana. What is the risk of mucosal involvement with L. mexicana compared to L. braziliensis?

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L. mexicana has a very low risk of mucosal involvement (

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L. mexicana has the same high risk of MCL as L. braziliensis

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L. mexicana always causes MCL

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L. mexicana does not cause cutaneous disease

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All New World Leishmania species have identical MCL risk

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A 30-year-old woman from Honduras presents with a chronic non-healing ulcer on her arm. Biopsy shows amastigotes. PCR identifies Leishmania mexicana. What is the risk of mucosal involvement with L. mexicana compared to L. braziliensis?