L. (L.) chagasi in aids and visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) co-infection

• Autor(a) principal: Roselino, Ana Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Chociay, Maria Fernanda, Costa, Roberto Silva, Machado, Alcyone Artioli, Figueiredo, José Fernando de Castro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/31195
• topic: AIDS-VL-co-infection; Digestive compromising leishmaniasis; Ecthymatous lesion

Concomitant skin lesions in visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar are rare, being more common the description of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis occurring post treatment of kala-azar. Skin lesions caused by Leishmania donovani are frequently seen in the aids-VL co-infection. In Brazil cutaneous or mucosal forms of tegumentary leishmaniasis concomitant with aids are more commonly registered. Here we present a case of aids-VL co-infection, with unusual cutaneous and digestive compromising attributed to L. (L.) chagasi, with special attention to ecthymatous aspect of the lesion, allied to the absence of parasite on the histological skin biopsy.