Para Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis: A Case Report

Rarely, post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) may coexist with visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The concomitant PKDL and VL are referred to as Para-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis. We report a case of Para kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a chronic Hepatitis-B virus-infected patient who presented w...

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Autores principales: Moniruzzaman, Md, Been Sayeed, S.K. Jakaria, Rahim, Md. Abdur, Hassan, Rashedul, Rahman, Md. Mujibur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9922052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36788910
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33701
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author Moniruzzaman, Md
Been Sayeed, S.K. Jakaria
Rahim, Md. Abdur
Hassan, Rashedul
Rahman, Md. Mujibur
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description Rarely, post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) may coexist with visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The concomitant PKDL and VL are referred to as Para-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis. We report a case of Para kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a chronic Hepatitis-B virus-infected patient who presented with an abdominal lump and multiple maculopapular skin lesions and is resistant to sodium stibogluconate but successfully treated with liposomal Amphotericin-B.
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spelling pubmed-99220522023-02-13 Para Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis: A Case Report Moniruzzaman, Md Been Sayeed, S.K. Jakaria Rahim, Md. Abdur Hassan, Rashedul Rahman, Md. Mujibur Cureus Internal Medicine Rarely, post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) may coexist with visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The concomitant PKDL and VL are referred to as Para-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis. We report a case of Para kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a chronic Hepatitis-B virus-infected patient who presented with an abdominal lump and multiple maculopapular skin lesions and is resistant to sodium stibogluconate but successfully treated with liposomal Amphotericin-B. Cureus 2023-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9922052/ /pubmed/36788910 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33701 Text en Copyright © 2023, Moniruzzaman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Moniruzzaman, Md
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9922052/
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