title: [Leishmaniasis with cutaneous and visceral involvement in a 13-month old boy].
abstract: Leishmaniasis is an anthropozoonosis caused by infection with leishmania parasites with either cutaneous, mucosal or visceral (kala-azar) involvement. While the benign cutaneous form is self-limited death occurs in approximately 80% of children with kala-azar when untreated. The diagnosis of kala-azar should not be missed in children presenting with fever, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia especially with a history of sand fly bites. We report the case of a 13-month-old boy with both cutaneous and visceral involvement.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde, Abt. Allgemeine Pädiatrie und Neonatologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen. Eva.Landmann@paediat.med.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Landmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bogdan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Donhauser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Artlich
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Staude
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gortner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008319:Malta; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan