Interventions: The patients were treated with conventional therapies for HIV infection and
American tegumentary leishmaniasis. Outcomes: In co-infection, the clinical manifestations …

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in large areas of the tropics, the
subtropics, and the Mediterranean basin. Besides classical VL presentation, exceptional …

Leishmaniasis is spreading from mediterranean countries to the north of Europe. The Alps
are not an endemic region and there are only few reports of sporadic cases. We report the …

Results Of the 23 enrolled patients, two were female (8.7%). The mean TCD4+ cell count
was 104.4 cells/uL (±120.3 cells/uL), only two patients had undetectable viral load (< 20 …

In Spain, a young male heroin addict, suspected of malaria, was found negative for
Plasmodium falciparum but was seropositive for Leishmania. The diagnosis of visceral …

Visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum is endemic in Tunisia. The incidence in
adult patients has increased in recent years; but most of these patients are not HIV positive …

Chang et al. recently considered the pathogenicity of a microorganism as that manifested
against a host with an intact immune system under normal conditions. Their model for …

A 27-year-old man presented with high-grade intermittent fever for 4 months, generalised
fatigue for 2 months, intermittent gum bleeds for 1 month and loss of weight of 15 kg. He …

Objective: To investigate the epidemiological, clinical and biological features of visceral
leishmaniasis (VL) in patients with HIV-1 infection. Design: Retrospective study. Setting …

Reported herein is the first case of Leishmania–human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
coinfection in Ecuador. In Ecuador, HIV infections overlap endemic areas of leishmaniasis …