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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 36, 2004 - Issue 3
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Original Paper

Two Case Reports of Symptomatic Visceral Leishmaniasis in AIDS Patients Concomitant with Immune Reconstitution due to Antiretroviral Therapy

Antoine Berry Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5Correspondence[email protected]
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Bruno Abraham Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie et Centre National de Référence des Leishmanioses, 163 rue Auguste-Broussonet, 34090, Montpellier
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Jacques Dereure Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5
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Veronique Pinzani Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie et Centre National de Référence des Leishmanioses, 163 rue Auguste-Broussonet, 34090, Montpellier
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Patrick Bastien Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5
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Jacques Reynes Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie et Centre National de Référence des Leishmanioses, 163 rue Auguste-Broussonet, 34090, Montpellier
Pages 225-227 | Received 24 Mar 2003, Accepted 04 Feb 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

We report the first 2 cases of visceral leishmaniasis in AIDS patients, which ocurred a few d after initiating antiretroviral therapy. The report raises the question whether a rapid immune reconstitution may convert a latent visceral leishmaniasis into a symptomatic one.

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