title: Holiday souvenirs from the Mediterranean: three instructive cases of visceral leishmaniasis.
abstract: With expanding travel activities, visceral leishmaniasis increasingly occurs in non-endemic areas and affects immunocompetent individuals with no other risk factor than holidays at the Mediterranean coast. We report 3 instructive Swiss cases of visceral leishmaniasis presenting with fever of unknown origin and pancytopenia and review current diagnostic and therapeutic concepts.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital and University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Buonomano
authors: Franziska
authors: F
authors: Brinkmann
authors: Nicolas
authors: N
authors: Leupin
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Boscacci
authors: Arthur
authors: A
authors: Zimmermann
authors: Norbert
authors: N
authors: Müller
authors: Christoph A
authors: CA
authors: Fux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000469:parasitology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate