Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is one of the tropical diseases in endemic areas of Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean. This disease is not naturally acquired in Korea. But according to the increased korean workers and travellers to the Middle East, a few crises of this disease have been encountered and reported in our cuntry. We have experienced three cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis who had been in Saudi arabia as workers in our hospital. A brief review of literature was done.