Case report: Atypical lesions as a sign of cutaneous dissemination of visceral leishmaniasis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient simultaneously infected by two viscerotropic Leishmania species

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-59

  Santos Oliveira, Joanna R ^d   Da Cruz, Alda M ^d   Pires, Lucy H S ^b   Cupolillo, Elisa ^d   Kuhls, Katrin ^c   Giacoia Gripp, Carmem B W ^d   Oliveira Neto, Manoel P ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Cabo Frio   (Brazil)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIMONY; CREATININE; GAMMA INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCYTOPENIA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS LOAD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960259359     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0398     Document Type: Article

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