We report a case of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) with cutaneous lesions in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The cutaneous lesions consisted of erythematous papules on the legs. Biopsy of one lesion showed abundant Leishmania amastigotes within epithelial cells of an eccrine
Anal ulcer and chronic diarrhoea as manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus
✍ Scribed by JoséA. Pérez-Molina; Jesús Fortún; Rogelio López-Vélez
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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✦ Synopsis
Induction of alpha/beta interferon and dependent nitric oxide synthesis during Chlamydia trachomatis infection of Mc-Coy cells in the absence of exogenous cytokines. Infection and Immunity, 64,3951-3956.
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