Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Expansion of vicceral leishmaniasis in the stat of rio de janeiro, Brazil: repport of the first autochthonous case in the municipality of volta redonda and the difficulty of diagnoiis / Expansão da leishmaniose visceral no estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: relato do primeiro caso autóctone no município de Volta Redonda e a dificuldade de diagnóstico
Sangenis, Luiz Henrique Conde; Lima, Sebastião Roberto de Almeida; Mello, Cíntia Xavier de; Cardoso, Daniela Trindade; Mello, Jurema Nunes; Santo, Maria Cristina Carvalho do Espírito; Tavares, Walter.
  • Sangenis, Luiz Henrique Conde; School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda. Discipline of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. State of Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Lima, Sebastião Roberto de Almeida; School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda. Discipline of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. State of Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Mello, Cíntia Xavier de; School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda. Discipline of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. State of Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Cardoso, Daniela Trindade; School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda. Discipline of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. State of Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Mello, Jurema Nunes; School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda. Discipline of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. State of Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Santo, Maria Cristina Carvalho do Espírito; School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda. Discipline of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. State of Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Tavares, Walter; School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda. Discipline of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. State of Rio de Janeiro. BR
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 56(3): 271-274, May-Jun/2014. graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-710410
ABSTRACT
Visceral Leishmaniasis has been showing remarkable epidemiological changes in recent decades, with marked expansion and an emergence of cases in urban areas of the North, Southeast and Midwest regions of Brazil. The Kala-azar cases reported here, despite being very characteristic, presented a great difficulty of diagnosis, because the disease is not endemic in Volta Redonda. The child underwent two hospitalizations in different hospitals, but got the correct diagnosis only after 11 months of symptom onset. In this report we discuss the main differential diagnoses and call attention to the suspected symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis in patients with prolonged fever, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia, even in areas not traditionally endemic for the disease.
RESUMO
A leishmaniose visceral vem apresentando mudanças epidemiológicas marcantes nas últimas décadas, com acentuada expansão e surgimento de casos em áreas urbanas do Norte, Sudeste e Centro-Oeste do Brasil. O caso de Calazar aqui relatado, apesar de ser muito característico, apresentou grande dificuldade de diagnóstico, por se tratar de doença não-endêmica em Volta Redonda. A criança passou por duas internações em hospitais diferentes, porém, só obteve o diagnóstico correto após 11 meses do início dos sintomas. Neste relato são discutidos os principais diagnósticos diferenciais e chama-se a atenção de sempre considerar a hipótese de leishmaniose visceral em todo paciente com febre prolongada, hepatoesplenomegalia e pancitopenia, mesmo em áreas tradicionalmente não endêmicas.
Subject(s)


Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Leishmaniasis, Visceral Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Child, preschool / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo Journal subject: Tropical Medicine Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda/BR

Similar

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS


Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Leishmaniasis, Visceral Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Child, preschool / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo Journal subject: Tropical Medicine Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: School of Medicine at the University Center of Volta Redonda/BR