Visceral leishmaniasis: acute liver failure in an immunocompetent Asian-Indian adult.
Fulminant liver failure due to visceral leishmaniais is very rare, and has been described only in children. We report an immunocompetent adult man who developed acute liver failure due to leishmaniais and dramatically recovered with amphotericin-B therapy.
Malatesha
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Department of Internal Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Singh
Nishith K
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Gulati
Vinay
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D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B