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Liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis

2007; Wiley; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00660.x

1399-3046

Deren Özcan, Deniz Seçkin, Adil Allahverdiyev, Peter J. Weina, Hakan Aydın, Figen Özçay, Mehmet Haberal,

Bartonella species infections research

Abstract: Diagnosis of leishmaniasis in immunosuppressed patients may be a serious challenge for physicians because of the major clinical and laboratory differences with immunocompetent patients. In immunosuppressed patients, the disease is characterized usually by disseminated visceral involvement, atypical cutaneous lesions and persistent negativity of diagnostic tests. Here, we report an eight‐yr‐old liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in whom the cutaneous lesion led to the diagnosis of systemic involvement.