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

• Main Authors: Daniel Holanda Barroso (Author), Claúdia Elise Ferraz Silva (Author), Ana Carolina Depes Perdigao e Vasconcelos (Author), Silvana Maria de Morais Cavalcanti (Author), Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito (Author), Angela Cristina Rapela Medeiros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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AbstractIn 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 v...