Liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis

Oezcan D., Seckin D., Allahverdiyev A. M., Weina P. J., Aydin H., Oezcay F., ...Daha Fazla

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, cilt.11, sa.2, ss.228-232, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00660.x
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.228-232
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.