Visceral leishmaniasis associated with malaria : a case report

الملخص EN

Visceral leishmaniasis must be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of febrile splenomegalies.

We describe a case of visceral leishmaniasis in a 2 year-old Yemeni male.

Diagnosis of leishmaniasis was significantly delayed because the patient had previously received anti-malarial drugs because of the positive result of a blood film for malaria.

The diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of amastigote forms in macrophages of the bone marrow aspirate.

The patient was successfully treated with stibogluconate (Pentostam).