diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis medical definition

A chronic form of leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopia in Ethiopia and Kenya and by various subspecies of L. mexicana in Central and South America, and characterized by nonulcerating, non-necrotizing skin lesions that spread over the body. Also called anergic leishmaniasis, disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis tegumentaria diffusa.