Atypical disseminated leishmaniasis similar to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a Brazilian AIDS patient infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi: a case report

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Carnaúba Jr, Dimas ^a   Konishi, Cassiana Tami ^a   Petri, Valéria ^b,c   Martinez, Isabel Cristina Pedro ^c   Shimizu, Laura ^c   Pereira Chioccola, Vera Lucia ^d  

^a Centro de Referência em DST AIDS de Santo Amaro   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL IPIRANGA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Disseminated leishmaniasis; Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ATAZANAVIR; CD4 ANTIGEN; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPISTAXIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

EID: 70350571813     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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