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Visceral leishmaniasis among liver transplant recipients: An overview

✍ Scribed by Isabel Campos-Varela; Oscar Len; Lluís Castells; Natalia Tallada; Esteban Ribera; Cristina Dopazo; Víctor Vargas; Joan Gavaldà; Ramón Charco

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
178 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
1527-6465

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✦ Synopsis

There has been an increase in the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), especially among hemopoietic and renal transplant recipients. [1][2][3] Remarkably, very few cases have been described among liver transplant recipients. We report a case of VL in a liver transplant recipient and analyze the other 9 cases published in the literature. 3-

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