Holiday souvenirs from the Mediterranean: Three instructive cases of visceral leishmaniasis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 777-781

  Buonomano, Roberto ^a   Brinkmann, Franziska ^a   Leupin, Nicolas ^a   Boscacci, R ^a   Zimmermann, Arthur ^b   Müller, Norbert ^b   Fux, Christoph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FRANCE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KUPFFER CELL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NECK TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NIGHT SWEAT; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RELAPSE; SHIVERING; SPAIN; SPLENOMEGALY; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR NECROSIS; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TRAVEL;

EID: 72449176960     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540903104127     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Marty P, Izri A, Ozon C, Haas P, Rosenthal E, del Giudice P, et al. A century of leishmaniasis in Alpes-Maritimes, France. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2007;/101:/563-74.
2. Dujardin JC, Campino L, Canavate C, Dedet JP, Gradoni L, Soteriadou K, et al. Spread of vector-borne diseases and neglect of leishmaniasis, Europe. Emerg Infect Dis 2008;/14:/ 1013-1018
3. Alvar J, Aparicio P, Aseffa A, den Boer M, Cañavate C, Dedet JP, et al. The relationship between leishmaniasis and AIDS: the second 10 y. Clin Microbiol Rev 2008;/21:/334-59.
4. Chappuis F, Sundar S, Hailu A, Ghalib H, Rijal S, Peeling RW, et al. Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control? Nat Rev Microbiol 2007;/5:/ 873-882 (Pubitemid 47578388)
5. Piscopo TV, Mallia AC. Leishmaniasis. Postgrad Med J 2006;/82:/649-57.
6. Lukes J, Mauricio IL, Schönian G, Dujardin JC, Soteriadou K, Dedet JP, et al. Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007;/104:/9375-80.
7. Walker M, Kublin JG, Zunt JR. Parasitic central nervous system infections in immunocompromized hosts: malaria, microsporidiosis, leishmaniasis, and African trypanosomiasis. Clin Infect Dis 2006;/42:/115-25.
8. Pintado V, Lopez-Velez R. HIV associated visceral leishmaniasis. Clin Microbiol Infect 2001;/7:/291-300.
9. Alvar J, Cañavate C, Gutiérrez-Solar B, Jiménez M, Laguna F, et al. Leishmania and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection: the first 10 y. Clin Microbiol Rev 1997;/10:/ 298-319. (Pubitemid 27196673)
10. Antinori S, Calattini S, Longhi E, Bestetti G, Piolini R, Magni C, et al. Clinical use of polymerase chain reaction performed on peripheral blood and bone marrow samples for the diagnosis and monitoring of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients: a single-centre, 8-y experience in Italy and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis 2007;/44:/1602-10.
11. Murray HW, Berman JD, Davies CR, Saravia NG. Advances in leishmaniasis. Lancet 2005;/366:/1561-77.
12. Bern C, Adler-Moore J, Berenguer J, Boelaert M, Den Boer M, Davidson RN, et al. Liposomal amphotericin B for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. Clin Infect Dis 2006;/43:/ 917-924
13. Herwaldt BL. Leishmaniasis. Lancet 1999;/354:/1191-9.
14. Bhattacharya SK, Sinha PK, Sundar S, Thakur CP, Jha TK, Pandey K, et al. Phase IV trial of miltefosine for the treatment of Indian visceral leishmaniasis. J Infect Dis 2007;/196:/591-8. (Pubitemid 47206107)
15. Sundar S, Rai M, Chakravarty J, Agarwal D, Agrawal N, Vaillant M, et al. New treatment approach in Indian visceral leishmaniasis: single-dose liposomal amphotericin B followed by short-course oral miltefosine. Clin Infect Dis 2008;/47:/1000-6.
16. De La Rosa R, Pineda JA, Delgado J, Macías J, Morillas F, Mira JA, et al. Incidence of and risk factors for symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis among human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients from Spain in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Clin Microbiol 2002;/40:/ 762-767
17. Trudel N, Garg R, Messier N, Sundar S, Ouellette M, Tremblay MJ. Intracellular survival of Leishmania species that cause visceral leishmaniasis is significantly reduced by HIV-1 protease inhibitors. J Infect Dis 2008;/198:/1292-9.
18. Pineda JA, Gallardo JA, Macías J, Delgado J, Regordán C, Morillas F, et al. Prevalence of and factors associated with visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients in southern Spain. J Clin Microbiol 1998;/ 36:/2419-22.
19. Weitzel T, Mühlberger N, Jelinek T, Schunk M, Ehrhardt S, Bogdan C, et al. Imported leishmaniasis in Germany 2001-2004: data of the SIMPID surveillance network. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2005;/24:/471-6.
20. Pagliano P, Rossi M, Rescigno C, Altieri S, Coppola MG, Gramiccia M, et al. Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-negative adults: a retrospective analysis of 64 consecutive cases (1995-2001). J Antimicrob Chemother 2003;/52:/ 264-268