Visceral leishmaniasis with concomittant post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis responds to oral sitamaquine: case report

East Afr Med J. 2003 Aug;80(8):440-2. doi: 10.4314/eamj.v80i8.8738.

Abstract

We report a rare case of visceral leishmanisis with concomitant post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis as the initial presentation in a female patient from Baringo district, Rift valley province, Kenya.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Aminoquinolines / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / diagnosis
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / drug therapy*
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / etiology
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / complications
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / diagnosis
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Aminoquinolines
  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • 8-aminoquinoline