Visceral leishmaniasis in a German child who had never entered a known endemic area: case report and review of the literature.
We describe a case of visceral leishmaniasis in a 15-month-old German child. Diagnosis was significantly delayed because the patient had no history of travel to known endemic areas. Congenital or blood transfusion-associated leishmaniasis was ruled out. Possible modes of transmission (including a potential new autochthonous focus of the disease in central Europe) are discussed.
Bogdan
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Institute for Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Erlangen, Germany. christian.bogdan@mikrobio.med.uni-erlangen.de
Schönian
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Bañuls
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Hide
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Pratlong
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Lorenz
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Röllinghoff
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Mertens
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D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan