Interstitial pneumonitis in human visceral leishmaniasis
| Autor: | Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett, Hiro Goto, V. L. R. da Matta, Maria Irma Seixas Duarte, Márcia Dalastra Laurenti, R Chebabo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Pulmonary Fibrosis Immunoenzyme Techniques Fibrosis medicine Humans Macrophage Lung biology business.industry Respiratory disease Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Leishmaniasis General Medicine medicine.disease Leishmania biology.organism_classification Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Visceral leishmaniasis medicine.anatomical_structure Leishmaniasis Visceral Parasitology Autopsy business |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 83:73-76 |
| ISSN: | 0035-9203 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0035-9203(89)90712-8 |
| Popis: | The involvement of the lung in 13 cases of human visceral leishmaniasis was studied. Interstitial pneumonitis with mononuclear cells was found in 76.8% of the cases; 53.8% also had foci of septal fibrosis. Leishmania were seen within macrophages in 3 cases only. However, all 10 interstitial pneumonitis cases showed PAP-positive material using specific L. donovani (MHOM/BR/72/LD 46) antiserum. 3 cases with no interstitial pneumonitis were PAP-negative. A short discussion about clinical aspects and the course of the disease is presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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