Lingual leishmaniasis complicating visceral disease.
Leishmania species are obligate intracellular parasites transmitted by various types of female sand flies. The clinical syndrome that results depends on a number of factors including the Leishmania species and immune response of the host. Here, we report successful treatment of lingual leishmaniasis complicating visceral disease in an immunocompetent patient.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. smazumde@uthsc.edu
Shirin A
SA
Mazumder
Soumya
S
Pandey
Susan C
SC
Brewer
Vickie S
VS
Baselski
Peter J
PJ
Weina
Mack A
MA
Land
James M
JM
Fleckenstein
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B