title: [Visceral leishmaniasis in children in the province of Florence].
abstract: Three cases of visceral leishmaniasis are presented: two children who got the disease in Florence and the imported case of a girl coming from Albania with her disease in act. The diagnosis was made showing Leishmania in bone marrow specimen. Therapy with melglumine antimonate was effective and well borne, leading the three children to a complete healing. In the province of Florence visceral leishmaniasis is very rare, but such protozoa and the sand flies are present as shown by the high number of dog with leishmaniasis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Firenze, Italia.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Calabri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Casini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cristiano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pasquini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: La Cauza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grifi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cocchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calabri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D000965:Antimony / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000469:parasitology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000965:Antimony
vernacular_title: La leishmaniosi viscerale in età pediatrica in provincia di Firenze.