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Atypical disseminated leishmaniasis resembling post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in an HIV-infected patient

E Boumis, P Chinello, C Della Rocca, M G Paglia, M F Proietti and N Petrosillo

Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, IRCCS 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', via Portuense 292, 00149 Rome, Italy; Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, IRCCS 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', via Portuense 292, 00149 Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Università 'La Sapienza', Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy; Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, IRCCS 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', via Portuense 292, 00149 Rome, Italy; Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, IRCCS 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', via Portuense 292, 00149 Rome, Italy; Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, IRCCS 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', via Portuense 292, 00149 Rome, Italy

Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is very uncommon among HIV-positive patients, and very few cases have so far been documented. A case of atypical disseminated leishmaniasis resembling PKDL in an HIV-positive patient successfully treated with N-methylglucamine antimoniate is reported. The polymerase chain reaction performed on the skin lesions was positive for Leishmania infantum.

Key Words: ATYPICAL DISSEMINATED LEISHMANIASIS • POST-KALA-AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS • HIV

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