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

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...

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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)
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: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 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.
Item Description:0365-0596
10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153373

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