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.
Mazumder
Shirin A
SA
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. smazumde@uthsc.edu
Pandey
Soumya
S
Brewer
Susan C
SC
Baselski
Vickie S
VS
Weina
Peter J
PJ
Land
Mack A
MA
Fleckenstein
James M
JM
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