Leishmaniasis presenting as a dermatomyositis-like eruption in AIDS

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2 II, 1996, Pages 316-319

  Daudén, Esteban ^a,c   Peñas, Pablo F ^a   Rios, Luis ^a   Jimenez, Maribel ^b   Fraga, Javier ^a   Alvar, Jorge ^b   García Diez, Amaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0030036271     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(96)90658-1     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Alvar J. Leishmaniasis and AIDS co-infection: the Spanish example. Parasitology Today 1994;10:160-3.
2. Dauden E, Oñate MJ. Dermatosis causadas por artropodos, helmintos y protozoos. Leishmaniasis. In: Iglesias L, Guerra A, Ortiz PL, editors. Tratado de Dermatología. Madrid: Luzan 5 SA, 1994:78-84.
3. World Health Organization. AIDS, leishmaniasis, dangers of dash highlighted. TDR News 1991;36:1.
4. De la Loma A, Alvar J, Martínez E, et al. Leishmaniasis or AIDS? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1985;79:421-2.
5. Alvar J. Caracterización molecular de Leishmania infantum. Aplicaciones a estudios clínicos y epidemiológicos. Madrid, Spain: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; 1988. Thesis.
6. Alvar J, Jimenez M. Could infected drug-users be potential Leishmania infantum reservoirs? AIDS 1994;8:854.
7. Pratlong F, Reynes J, Dereure J, et al. Characterization of Leishmania isolates from two AIDS patients originating from Valencia, Spain. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1993;87:705-6.
8. Jimenez MI, Gutierrez-Solar B, Benito A, et al. Cutaneous Leishmania (L.) infantum zymodemes isolated from bone marrow in AIDS patients. Res Rev Parasitology 1991; 51:95-9.
9. Alvar J, Gutierrez B, Molina R, et al. Prevalence of Leishmania infection among AIDS patients. Lancet 1992;339: 1427.
10. Molina R, Cañavate C, Cercenado E, et al. Indirect xenodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in 10 HIV-infected patients using colonized Phlebotomus perniciosus. AIDS 1994;8:277-9.
11. Martínez P, de la Vega E, Laguna F, et al. Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected individuals using peripheral blood smears. AIDS 1993;7:227-30.
12. Peters BS, Fish D, Golden R, et al. Visceral leishmaniasis in HIV infection and AIDS: clinical features and response to therapy. Q J Med 1990;283:1101-11.
13. Alarcon R, Garcia C, Dauden E, et al. Leishmaniasis cutánea postKala azar en un paciente con inmunodeficiencia adquirida. Actas Dermosifiliogr 1987;78:475-7.
14. Bessen LJ, Green JB, Louie E, et al. Severe polymyositis-like syndrome associated with zidovudine therapy of AIDS and ARC. N Engl J Med 1988;318:708.
15. Dalakas MC, London WT, Gravell M, et al. Polymyositis in an immunodeficiency disease in monkeys induced by a type D retrovirus. Neurology 1986;36:569-72.
16. Thyss A, El Baze P, Lefebvre JC, et al. Dermatomyositis-like syndrome in X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia: case report and review of the literature. Acta Derm Venereol (Stockh) 1990;70:309-13.
17. Dauden E, García C, Zarco C, et al. Leishmaniasis cutánea en el foco endémico de Madrid: estudio de 31 casos. Actas Dermosifiliogr 1990;81:395-404.
18. Perrin C, Taillan B, Hofman P, et al. Atypical cutaneous histological features of visceral leishmaniasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Am J Pathol 1995;17:145-50.