Visceral leishmaniasis with Roth spots

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of infected sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes. The protozoa is obliged intracellularly and causes a wide spectrum of clinical syndromes: VL (‘kala azar’), cutaneous leishmaniasis and mucocuta...

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Autores principales: Meena, Jagdish, Juneja, Monica, Mishra, Devendra, Vats, Pallavi, Pawaria, Arti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25988048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omu043
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author Meena, Jagdish
Juneja, Monica
Mishra, Devendra
Vats, Pallavi
Pawaria, Arti
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description Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of infected sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes. The protozoa is obliged intracellularly and causes a wide spectrum of clinical syndromes: VL (‘kala azar’), cutaneous leishmaniasis and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (espundia). Kala azar is the most aggressive form and if untreated causes high mortality. Here, we describe a case of VL that presented to us with high-grade fever and found to have Roth spots that were resolved after 15 days of therapy.
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spelling pubmed-43699902015-05-18 Visceral leishmaniasis with Roth spots Meena, Jagdish Juneja, Monica Mishra, Devendra Vats, Pallavi Pawaria, Arti Oxf Med Case Reports Case Reports Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of infected sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes. The protozoa is obliged intracellularly and causes a wide spectrum of clinical syndromes: VL (‘kala azar’), cutaneous leishmaniasis and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (espundia). Kala azar is the most aggressive form and if untreated causes high mortality. Here, we describe a case of VL that presented to us with high-grade fever and found to have Roth spots that were resolved after 15 days of therapy. Oxford University Press 2014-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4369990/ /pubmed/25988048 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omu043 Text en © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369990/
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