Visceral leishmaniasis: a case report.
Visceral leishmaniasis is diagnosed in a Thai worker returning home from the Middle East. A 39-year-old Thai male who had abdominal swelling, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly and hyperglobulinemia, was diagnosed by demonstration of organism in liver biopsy and bone marrow aspiration specimen. Amphotericin B was administered in this case.
Suttinont
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Department of Pathology and Medicine, Maharat Nakhonratchasima Hospital, Nakhonratchasima Province, Thailand.
Thammanichanont
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Chantarakul
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East; D013785:Thailand; D014195:Travel