Title
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in a HIV infected patient. Case report
Other title
Leishmaniasis mucocutánea en un paciente con infección por VIH
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia
Abstract
Introduction: Leishmaniasis is an endemic Andean vector-borne- tropical disease in Peru, whose mucocutaneous clinical presentation is rare. Leishmaniasis can occur in co-infections with HTLV-1 virus and HIV. We describe a case of L. mucocutaneous in a patient infected with HIV, with a history of cutaneous leishmaniasis with inadequate treatment 20 years ago. He was treated with stibogluconate with adequate response to treatment and regression of lesion after 4 weeks. Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection is rare and its clinical presentation may be atypically. It is important to consider it in patients coming from endemic areas and with a history of a previous cutaneous clinical presentation.
Start page
610
End page
614
Volume
31
Issue
5
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84914691339
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Chilena de Infectologia
ISSN of the container
07161018
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