L. (L.) chagasi in aids and visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) co-infection L. (L.) chagasi em lesões cutâneas na co-infecção aids-calazar

L. (L.) chagasi in aids and visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) co-infection L. (L.) chagasi em lesões cutâneas na co-infecção aids-calazar

Concomitant skin lesions in visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar are rare, being more common the description of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis occurring post treatment of kala-azar. Skin lesions caused by Leishmania donovani are frequently seen in the aids-VL co-infection. In Brazil cutaneo...

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Main Authors: Ana Maria Roselino, Maria Fernanda Chociay, Roberto Silva Costa, Alcyone Artioli Machado, José Fernando de Castro Figueiredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
AIDS-VL-co-infection
Digestive compromising leishmaniasis
Ecthymatous lesion
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