Report of an atypical case of leishmaniasis presented as acute tonsillitis in an immunocompetent patient.

Autor:	Kouyialis, Sofoclis, Archontakis, Stefanos, Bilinis, Charalambos, Nikolaou, Stavriani, Stavropoulou, Evgenia, Samaras, Charilaos, Sarafoglou, Christos, Nicolaou, Irene, Parasi, Aikaterini, Minadaki, Maria
Předmět:	VISCERAL leishmaniasis LEISHMANIASIS SYMPTOMS TONSILLITIS AMPHOTERICIN B TONSIL diseases
Zdroj:	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases; Nov2005, Vol. 37 Issue 11/12, p916-918, 3p
Abstrakt:	Visceral leishmaniasis typically presents with symptoms such as fever, enlargement of the spleen and the liver, hypergammaglobulinaemia and infection of the bone marrow resulting in anaemia and leukopenia. The disease is sporadic in the countries of the Mediterranean basin. We report an unusual case of acute tonsillitis due to tonsillar leishmaniasis, in an immunocompetent 34-y-old male patient. Diagnosis was confirmed by serological tests and histopathological examination following biopsy of the right tonsil. The patient was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin-B. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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