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

Carnaúba, D.; Konishi, C.Tami.; Petri, Véria.; Martinez, I.Cristina.Pedro.; Shimizu, L.; Pereira-Chioccola, V.Lucia.

International Journal of Infectious Diseases Ijid Official Publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 13(6): E504-E507

2009


ISSN/ISBN: 1201-9712
PMID: 19447660
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.022
Document Number: 209105
We report the case of an atypical disseminated leishmaniasis with similar clinical characteristics to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis, an uncommon disease in South America. This occurred in a Brazilian patient with AIDS, 3 years after the first episode of American visceral leishmaniasis.

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