Clinical Challenges in the Management of LeishmaniaHIV Coinfection in a Nonendemic Area : A Case Report
Joint Authors
Poeppl, W.
Rieger, A.
Grabmeier-Pfistershammer, K.
Rappersberger, K.
Brunner, P. M.
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-12-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We report on a 37-year-old male HIV-positive patient with generalized cutaneous leishmaniasis undiagnosed for several years.
Upon presentation, visceral leishmaniasis was diagnosed in addition to cutaneous manifestation of the disease.
Over a period of three years, several different treatment regimens including liposomal amphotericin B, liposomal amphotericin B with miltefosine, liposomal amphotericin B with interferon, and pentamidine combined fluconazole and allopurinol were applied until Leishmania PCR from blood turned negative.
This case supports the necessity of multidrug combinational and sequential therapy over a very prolonged period of time in severely immunosuppressed patients infected with Leishmania and highlights the tremendous individual but also economic burden of this disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Grabmeier-Pfistershammer, K.& Poeppl, W.& Brunner, P. M.& Rappersberger, K.& Rieger, A.. 2012. Clinical Challenges in the Management of LeishmaniaHIV Coinfection in a Nonendemic Area : A Case Report. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Grabmeier-Pfistershammer, K.…[et al.]. Clinical Challenges in the Management of LeishmaniaHIV Coinfection in a Nonendemic Area : A Case Report. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Grabmeier-Pfistershammer, K.& Poeppl, W.& Brunner, P. M.& Rappersberger, K.& Rieger, A.. Clinical Challenges in the Management of LeishmaniaHIV Coinfection in a Nonendemic Area : A Case Report. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-498087