Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with lung tumour: a case report.
Ucciferri ClaudioOcchionero AlessandroCaiazzo LucaVecchiet JacopoFalasca KatiaPublished in: Tropical doctor (2019)
An increasing use of immunosuppressant medication mandates clinicians to look for leishmaniasis even in non-HIV febrile patients. We report this case to highlight leishmaniasis as a cause of fever in patients undergoing chemotherapy in an endemic area.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- antiretroviral therapy
- healthcare
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- prognostic factors
- case report
- peritoneal dialysis
- hepatitis c virus
- squamous cell carcinoma
- hiv aids
- hiv testing
- chemotherapy induced
- men who have sex with men