SEVERE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS WITH LIVER INVOLVEMENT - SERODIAGNOSIS BY WESTERN-BLOT ASSAY

Authors
ALBERTINI M LEGER I MARTY P GARITOUSSAINT M MARY C SAINTPAUL MC MARIANI R
Citation
M. Albertini et al., SEVERE VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS WITH LIVER INVOLVEMENT - SERODIAGNOSIS BY WESTERN-BLOT ASSAY, Pediatrie, 48(5), 1993, pp. 377-380
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatrie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00314021
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
377 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-4021(1993)48:5<377:SVLWLI>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The case of a 13 year old boy with a severe form of visceral leishmani asis (VL) mimicking portal hypertension and of unfavorable outcome is presented. The authors stress the usefulness of investigating humoral immune response by using Western Blot assay in order to confirm the di agnosis when the parasite cannot be isolated. Since VL may be responsi ble for death if the treatment is delayed, screening of the disease in children presenting with chronic liver disease is important in endemi c area.