title: Visceral leishmaniasis after cardiac surgery.
abstract: An English child developed visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) after cardiac surgery. Neither he nor his mother had ever been out of the UK, and his disease was probably transmitted by blood transfusion. Kala-azar should be considered in patients with unexplained fever and hepatosplenomegaly, even if there is no history of foreign travel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cummins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Halil
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chiodini
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Hewitt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Radley-Smith
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology