title: Liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis.
abstract: Diagnosis of leishmaniasis in immunosuppressed patients may be a serious challenge for physicians because of the major clinical and laboratory differences with immunocompetent patients. In immunosuppressed patients, the disease is characterized usually by disseminated visceral involvement, atypical cutaneous lesions and persistent negativity of diagnostic tests. Here, we report an eight-yr-old liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in whom the cutaneous lesion led to the diagnosis of systemic involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey. derenozcan@yahoo.com.tr
authors.forename: Deren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seçkin
authors.forename: Adil M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Allahverdiyev
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Weina
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozçay
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haberal
mesh_terms: D001399:Azure Stains; D002648:Child; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D001399:Azure Stains; D004396:Coloring Agents