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This disfigurement caused difficulty in recognizing the facial feature of Down syndrome. The presence of hypotonia, microcephaly, low set ears, bilateral simian creases and wide separation between big toe and other toes directed us to request karyotyping. The result of karyotyping confirmed the diagnosis of Down syndrome.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Children with Down syndrome are immunodeficient, they have been reported to have a complex of immunological alterations which might lead to increased susceptibility to infection.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1757-1626-2-13","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,6]],"date-time":"2009-01-06T19:13:34Z","timestamp":1231269214000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The first case of isolated facial cutanenous leishmaniasis in a Down syndrome infant: a case report and review of the literature"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Kotb","family":"Abass","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hekma","family":"Saad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alaa A","family":"Abd-Elsayed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,6]]},"reference":[{"issue":"9185","key":"1108_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1191","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(98)10178-2","volume":"354","author":"BL Herwaldt","year":"1999","unstructured":"Herwaldt BL: Leishmaniasis. 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