**2. Treatment of leishmaniasis**

Choice of treatment depends on the clinical presentation. Treatment options vary from a mere observation in spontaneously healing lesions, topical/local therapy and parenteral treatment.

Old world leishmaniasis caused by *Leishmania major* resolves spontaneously in 2–4 months whereas *Leishmania tropica* resolves by 6–15 months. New World leishmaniasis caused by resolves spontaneously in 3–4 months in 75% of cases [2]. Single lesions can be managed with local treatment options like heat therapy, cryotherapy and topical preparations. For cutaneous and mucocutaneous lesions, the drugs of choice are pentavalent antimony and miltefosine. Amphotericin B is considered the drug of choice for visceral leishmaniasis (**Table 2**).


#### **Table 2.**

*Treatment recommendations for leishmaniasis.*
