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12850167

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is generally associated with severe immunodeficiency (AIDS; renal, liver, and heart transplantations; haemopoietic malignancies). More rarely it can be related to an immunotolerence status such as pregnancy. Various observations report the development of leishmaniasis several months or even years after exposure to the parasite. Relapses occur rarely in patients not known to be immunocompromised, but are common after incomplete treatment. They are frequent in patients with Leishmania/HIV co-infection. Asymptomatic phases and relapses suggest that parasite can exist in the tissues for a long time before and/or after clinical onset of the disease. The mechanisms of onset of clinical leishmaniasis following exposure and infestation are highly relevant to understanding the pathology of the disease. The survival of Leishmania parasite between infection and disease or after cure is a very important issue for clinicians and epidemiologists. We describe two cases of VL occurring in a patient with lymphoma and in a pregnant woman. In both cases, parasites remained present in the lymph nodes after clinical cure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0163-4453
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Visceral leishmaniasis. Persistence of parasites in lymph nodes after clinical cure.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie et Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier I, Montpellier, France. j-dereure@chu-montpellier.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports