Atypical disseminated leishmaniasis resembling post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in an HIV-infected patient

Int J STD AIDS. 2006 May;17(5):351-3. doi: 10.1258/095646206776790132.

Abstract

Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is very uncommon among HIV-positive patients, and very few cases have so far been documented. A case of atypical disseminated leishmaniasis resembling PKDL in an HIV-positive patient successfully treated with N-methylglucamine antimoniate is reported. The polymerase chain reaction performed on the skin lesions was positive for Leishmania infantum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Leishmania infantum* / isolation & purification
  • Leishmania infantum* / pathogenicity
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / diagnosis
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / etiology
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / complications*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / diagnosis
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Meglumine / therapeutic use*
  • Meglumine Antimoniate
  • Organometallic Compounds / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Meglumine
  • Meglumine Antimoniate