Leishmaniasis is considered an emerging opportunistic disease in human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients who have considerably variable clinical …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonosis endemic in Latin America, with 96% of the cases
diagnosed in Brazil. The infection has been diagnosed in endemic and non-endemic areas …

Background Leishmaniasis is a protozoan disease caused by parasites of the genus
Leishmania, transmitted to humans by sandflies. The diagnosis of leishmaniasis is often …

Visceral leishmaniasis is an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Herein,
we report a case of an adult male patient with a persistent fever of unknown origin, along …

Introduction Visceral leishmaniasis is a potentially life-threatening infectious disease which
is caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania and characterized in most cases by the …

Background Visceral leishmaniasis is an important infection in patients infected with human
immunodeficiency virus and living in areas endemic for Leishmania sp. Leishmaniasis …

We present a unique case of disseminated Leishmaniasis in an HIV patient. Two different
Leishmania species were identified by genomic sequencing in both bone marrow and skin …

Although not considered as indicative of AIDS, leishmaniasis presents a number of
epidemiologic and clinical features that promote opportunistic infection in HIV patients …

A 64-year-old man was admitted with fever, weight loss, fatigue and night sweats. He was
known to have rheumatoid arthritis and had been taking methotrexate for 1 year. He had …

We report on a 37‐year‐old male HIV‐positive patient with generalized cutaneous
leishmaniasis undiagnosed for several years. Upon presentation, visceral leishmaniasis …