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15020853

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has increased as a complicating infection in subjects with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in countries bordering the Mediterranean sea. The clinical course as well as organ involvement of VL are often atypical in HIV positive subjects. In this study a case of VL with pulmonary and oral mucose localisation in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), is reported. These findings, together with the presence of the parasite in the peripheral blood smear, confirm that in HIV positive patients the impaired immune system allows the spreading and the atypical localisation of the Leishmania amastigotes more easily than in immuno-competent individuals. In endemic areas and in HIV positive subjects a systemic and careful parasitological follow-up is necessary to ensure that any clinical form of leishmaniasis is not overlooked.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1124-9390
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection: a rare case of pulmonary and oral localization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, Catania University, Catania, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports