ORAL LEISHMANIASIS AND KAPOSIS-SARCOMA IN AN AIDS PATIENT

Authors
MICHIELS JF MONTEIL RA HOFMAN P PERRIN C FUZIBET JG LEFICHOUX Y LOUBIERE R
Citation
Jf. Michiels et al., ORAL LEISHMANIASIS AND KAPOSIS-SARCOMA IN AN AIDS PATIENT, Journal of oral pathology & medicine, 23(1), 1994, pp. 45-46
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Journal of oral pathology & medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09042512
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
45 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0904-2512(1994)23:1<45:OLAKIA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
In the Mediterranean basin area, visceral leishmaniasis is an endemic disease caused by Leishmania donovani infantum. This study describes t he clinical and pathological features of one patient with AIDS who had oral (tonsillar) leishmaniasis, caused by a viscerotropic zymodeme, c oncurrent with a Kaposi's sarcoma and with a CMV infection.