Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient with the human immunodeficiency virus

Authors
Sanchez, P Bosch, RJ de Galvez, MV Rodrigo, AB Herrera, E
Citation
P. Sanchez et al., Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient with the human immunodeficiency virus, INT J STD A, 12(10), 2001, pp. 687-689
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS
ISSN journal
09564624 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
687 - 689
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-4624(200110)12:10<687:MLIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We report a case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) in a patient with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Stag e A2, with no previous history of cutaneous or systemic leishmaniasis. The patient had not travelled outside the province of Malaga, on the Mediterran ean coast of southern Spain, so that it concerns an indigenous case, extrem ely unusual in this area. The HIV infection may well have influenced the de fence against leishmania, but the exact mechanism by which this occurred is unknown.