[Multiple digestive involvement in visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with HIV infection: favourable course with itraconazole]

Rev Med Interne. 1996;17(3):234-7. doi: 10.1016/0248-8663(96)81251-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a case of visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in a 35 year-old patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who complained of chronic diarrhea. Biopsy specimens of gastric and duodenal mucosa and bone marrow aspirate led to the diagnosis. Enterocytozoon bieneusi, fortuitously found in the duodenal mucosa, did not seem to be the causative agent of diarrhea in this case, but its association with visceral leishmaniasis is rare. A treatment with itraconazole brought about a sustained clinical remission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Digestive System Diseases / drug therapy
  • Digestive System Diseases / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use*
  • Leishmania infantum*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / drug therapy
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / etiology*
  • Male

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Itraconazole