GENERALIZED CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME

Authors
ROSATELLI JB SOUZA CS SOARES FA FOSS NT ROSELINO AMF
Citation
Jb. Rosatelli et al., GENERALIZED CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME, JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 10(3), 1998, pp. 229-232
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09269959
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
229 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
0926-9959(1998)10:3<229:GCLIA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Background Leishmaniasis associated with HIV/AIDS has been reported in the last decade. Case report A ease of generalized cutaneous leishman iasis in a patient with AIDS is described. The case is paradoxical in that the cutaneous lesions resemble anergic leishmaniasis caused by Le ishmania (L.) amazonensis and Jorge Lobo's disease, but the positive M ontenegro test and the clinical improvement with antimonial are more c ommonly observed in leishmaniasis caused by L(V.) braziliensis. Commen t The immunosuppression due to HIV/AIDS seen in this patient may expla in the dissemination of the lesions, but the positive specific respons e to leishmanial antigen may explain the good response to the antimoni al treatment. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.