[Cutaneovisceral leishmaniasis following severe nervous depression].
Leishmania is considered an opportunistic agent during cellular immunodeficiency. The authors report the case of a patient living in the south of France presenting visceral leishmaniasis with cutaneous manifestations in the course of a severe nervous depression. This case report illustrates the possible relationships between stress and immunity.
Kaplanski
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Service de médecine interne, hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France.
Deharo
C
C
Koeppel
M C
MC
Durand
J M
JM
David
M
M
Farnarier
C
C
Sayag
J
J
D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000172:deficiency; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
D007371:Interferon-gamma
Leishmaniose cutanéoviscérale au décours d'une dépression nerveuse sévère.