VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS AFTER CARDIAC-SURGERY

Authors
CUMMINS D AMIN S HALIL O CHIODINI PL HEWITT PE RADLEYSMITH R
Citation
D. Cummins et al., VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS AFTER CARDIAC-SURGERY, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 72(3), 1995, pp. 235-236
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
72
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
235 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1995)72:3<235:VLAC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
An English child developed visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) after ca rdiac surgery. Neither he nor his mother had ever been out of the UK, and his disease was probably transmitted by blood transfusion. Kala-az ar should be considered in patients with unexplained fever and hepatos plenomegaly, even if there is no history of foreign travel.