Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in a Senegalese patient

Ndiaye, P.B.; Develoux, M.; Dieng, M.T.; Huerre, M.

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 89(4): 282-286

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085
PMID: 9053051
Document Number: 461049
Tegumentary leishmaniasis cases associated with HIV infections were rarely reported. We present a case of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis in a senegalese patient with HIV 1 infection. The diagnosis was supported by a cutaneous biopsy but no Leishmania strain could be isolated by cultures from cutaneous specimens.

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