Co-Infection of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and HIV: report of a case of mucosal leishmaniasis in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
We describe the first case of Leishmania/HIV co-infection reported in Bolivia. Initially hospitalized with a diagnosis of pneumonia and bronchitis, the patient had numerous cutaneous and mucosal lesions caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. The patient was also diagnosed as severely immunocompromised because of HIV infection.
Torrico
Faustino
F
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Parrado
Rudy
R
Castro
Rosario
R
Marquez
Carla Jimena
CJ
Torrico
Mary Cruz
MC
Solano
Marco
M
Reithinger
Richard
R
García
Ana Lineth
AL
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001838:Bolivia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents