Atypical disseminated leishmaniasis similar to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a Brazilian AIDS patient infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi: a case report.
We report the case of an atypical disseminated leishmaniasis with similar clinical characteristics to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis, an uncommon disease in South America. This occurred in a Brazilian patient with AIDS, 3 years after the first episode of American visceral leishmaniasis.
Carnaúba
Dimas
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Centro de Referência em DST/AIDS de Santo Amaro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Konishi
Cassiana Tami
CT
Petri
Valéria
V
Martinez
Isabel Cristina Pedro
IC
Shimizu
Laura
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Pereira-Chioccola
Vera Lucia
VL
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male