Visceral leishmaniasis in a german child who had never entered a known endemic area: Case report and review of the literature

Authors
Bogdan, C Schonian, G Banuls, AL Hide, M Pratlong, F Lorenz, E Rollinghoff, M Mertens, R
Citation
C. Bogdan et al., Visceral leishmaniasis in a german child who had never entered a known endemic area: Case report and review of the literature, CLIN INF D, 32(2), 2001, pp. 302-306
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10584838 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
302 - 306
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(20010115)32:2<302:VLIAGC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We describe a case of visceral leishmaniasis in a 15-month-old German child . Diagnosis was significantly delayed because the patient had no history of travel to known endemic areas. Congenital or blood transfusion-associated leishmaniasis was ruled out. Possible modes of transmission (including a po tential new autochthonous focus of the disease in central Europe) are discu ssed.