Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Immunocompromised Patient Resembling Histoid Hansen's Disease

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Atypical presentation and widespread progression of the lesions may be seen in patients with HIV disease and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection is emerging as a serious new threat. We report a case of...

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Autores principales: Kumari, Asha, Balai, Manisha, Gupta, Lalit K., Khare, Ashok K., Mittal, Asit K., Mehta, Sharad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30505791
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_34_18
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author Kumari, Asha
Balai, Manisha
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description Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Atypical presentation and widespread progression of the lesions may be seen in patients with HIV disease and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection is emerging as a serious new threat. We report a case of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis in a HIV- infected patient resembling Histoid Hansen.
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spelling pubmed-62329972018-11-30 Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Immunocompromised Patient Resembling Histoid Hansen's Disease Kumari, Asha Balai, Manisha Gupta, Lalit K. Khare, Ashok K. Mittal, Asit K. Mehta, Sharad Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Atypical presentation and widespread progression of the lesions may be seen in patients with HIV disease and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection is emerging as a serious new threat. We report a case of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis in a HIV- infected patient resembling Histoid Hansen. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6232997/ /pubmed/30505791 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_34_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Immunocompromised Patient Resembling Histoid Hansen's Disease
title Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Immunocompromised Patient Resembling Histoid Hansen's Disease
title_full Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Immunocompromised Patient Resembling Histoid Hansen's Disease
title_fullStr Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Immunocompromised Patient Resembling Histoid Hansen's Disease
title_full_unstemmed Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Immunocompromised Patient Resembling Histoid Hansen's Disease
title_short Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Immunocompromised Patient Resembling Histoid Hansen's Disease
title_sort diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis in an immunocompromised patient resembling histoid hansen's disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30505791
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_34_18
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