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Atypical leishmaniasis in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):663-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077393
Mondain-Miton V; Toussaint-Gari M; Hofman P; Marty P; Carles M; De Salvador F; Miton F; Le Fichoux Y; Dellamonica P; Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hopital de; l'Archet, Nice, France.

Abstract: Visceral leishmaniasis is an anthropozoonosis endemic in the south of France. Its occurrence among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in whom it presents with uncommon clinical, biological, and evolutionary signs, is being reported more and more often. We describe a case of leishmaniasis in an HIV-seropositive man that we believe is unique with respect to the cutaneous and then visceral location of the disease and the discovery at necropsy of an adrenal and myocardial leishmanial infiltrate.
Keywords: Adult Animal Antiprotozoal Agents/THERAPEUTIC USE AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY/ PARASITOLOGY Case Report Human Leishmania infantum/ISOLATION & PURIF Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/PARASITOLOGY Leishmaniasis, Visceral/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/PARASITOLOGY Male Recurrence JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultanimalantiprotozoalagents/therapeuticuseaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/KWDdiagnosis/drugtherapy/parasitologycasereporthumanleishmaniainfantum/isolation&purifleishmaniasis,cutaneous/KWDcomplications/diagnosis/parasitologyleishmaniasis,visceral/KWDcomplications/diagnosis/parasitologymalerecurrencejournalarticle
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