Autoantibodies in a Three-Year-Old Girl with Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall
المؤلفون المشاركون
Sanaei Dashti, Anahita
Pouladfar, Gholamreza
Jafarpour, Zahra
Babaei, Amir Hossein
Pourabbas, Bahman
Geramizadeh, Bita
المصدر
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
العدد
المجلد 2016، العدد 2016 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2016)، ص ص. 1-4، 4ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2016-06-23
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
4
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a life-threatening parasitic infection, is endemic in the Mediterranean region.
Diagnosis of VL is based on epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory findings.
However, sometimes, clinical features and laboratory findings overlap with those of autoimmune diseases.
In some cases, autoantibodies are detected in patients with VL and this could be a potential diagnostic pitfall.
In this study, we have reported on a three-year-old girl from a VL-endemic area in Iran, who presented with prolonged fever and splenomegaly.
Bone marrow examination, serologic tests, and the molecular PCR assay were performed; however, results were inconclusive.
The levels of anti-double stranded DNA, cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody, and perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody were elevated and, at the end, splenic biopsy was performed.
The splenic tissue PCR test detected the DNA of Leishmania infantum.
The patient’s condition improved with anti-Leishmania therapy, and the autoantibodies disappeared within the following four months.
Clinical presentations and laboratory findings of VL and autoimmune diseases may overlap in some patients.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Pouladfar, Gholamreza& Jafarpour, Zahra& Babaei, Amir Hossein& Pourabbas, Bahman& Geramizadeh, Bita& Sanaei Dashti, Anahita. 2016. Autoantibodies in a Three-Year-Old Girl with Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100949
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Pouladfar, Gholamreza…[et al.]. Autoantibodies in a Three-Year-Old Girl with Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100949
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Pouladfar, Gholamreza& Jafarpour, Zahra& Babaei, Amir Hossein& Pourabbas, Bahman& Geramizadeh, Bita& Sanaei Dashti, Anahita. Autoantibodies in a Three-Year-Old Girl with Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100949
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1100949
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر