Visceral leishmaniasis associated with malaria a case report

ABSTRACT

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]