title: [Visceral leishmaniasis as an opportunistic infection. Our experience].
abstract: A case of visceral leishmaniasis in a female patient suffering from acute nonlymphoid leukaemia is reported. Stress is laid on the atypical nature of the clinical picture, falsified by the underlying disease, and attention is called to the behaviour of Leishmania as an opportunistic agent in the immunodepressed host.
authors.affiliation: U.S.L. n. 31, Ospedali Riuniti, Divisione Malattie Infettive, Reggio Calabria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masseo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raimo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Foti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pellicanò
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Foti
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008536:Meglumine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008536:Meglumine
vernacular_title: La leishmaniosi viscerale come infezione opportunista. Nostra esperienza.