Post-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis in two different clinical contexts

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Daniel Holanda Barroso¹  Claúdia Elise Ferraz Silva¹  Ana Carolina Depes Perdigao E Vasconcelos¹  Silvana Maria De Morais Cavalcanti¹  Maria Edileuza Felinto De Brito¹  Angela Cristina Rapela Medeiros¹ 

关键词: Dermatology;    HIV;    Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome;    Leishmania infantum;    Leishmaniasis;    Skin diseases;   

DOI  :  10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153373

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Abstract In Brazil, visceral Leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania chagasi. The development of cutaneous lesions in visceral leishmaniasis patients has been described in two different clinical contexts. Patients with compromised immunity can develop skin lesions as a direct consequence of a current visceral disease. Equally, patients with a history of kala-azar and progressive, immune improvement occasionally develop skin lesions as a consequence of immune reconstitution infl ammatory syndrome. These cases manifest in similar fashion to the classic form of post-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis. We describe different cases that exemplify these two clinical presentations.

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