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Visceral leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania (L.) mexicana in a Mexican patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Ramos-Santos, Carmen; Hernandez-Montes, Omar; Sanchez-Tejeda, Gustavo; Monroy-Ostria, Amalia.
  • Ramos-Santos, Carmen; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Clinica 25. Mexico City. MX
  • Hernandez-Montes, Omar; IPN. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. Departamento de Inmunologia. Mexico City. MX
  • Sanchez-Tejeda, Gustavo; Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiologica. Mexico City. MX
  • Monroy-Ostria, Amalia; IPN. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. Departamento de Inmunologia. Mexico City. MX
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 95(5): 733-7, Sept.-Oct. 2000. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-267904
RESUMO
A 36 year old male was admitted in December 1997 to hospital with afternoon fever, malaise and hepatosplenomegaly. He also had a dry cough, dyspnoea and anaemia. Pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis carinii and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were documented. The HIV infection was confirmed in 1997 with 290,000 virus copies. The patient had been in the Mexican State of Chiapas which is known to be endemic for visceral leishmaniosis (VL) and localized cutaneous leishmaniosis (LCL). The visceral symptoms were diagnosed as VL and the causal agent was identified as Leishmania (L.) mexicana. Identification of Leishmania was carried out by the analysis of amplified DNA with specific primers belonging to the Leishmania subgenus and by dot blot positive hybridisation of these polymerase chain reaction derived products with kDNA from the L. (L.) mexicana MC strain used as probe. This is the first case in Mexico of VL caused by a species of Leishmania that typically produces a cutaneous disease form.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Leishmania mexicana / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Leishmaniasis, Visceral Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Animals / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: English Journal: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Journal subject: Tropical Medicine / Parasitology Year: 2000 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: Mexico Institution/Affiliation country: Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiologica/MX / IPN/MX / Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social/MX

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Leishmania mexicana / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Leishmaniasis, Visceral Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Animals / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: English Journal: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Journal subject: Tropical Medicine / Parasitology Year: 2000 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: Mexico Institution/Affiliation country: Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiologica/MX / IPN/MX / Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social/MX