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Recurrent Visceral Leishmaniasis in a Young Immunocompetent Patient

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Endemic medicine

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by an intracellular protozoon of genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the vector – sandfly. It is an endemic disease in many tropical countries like India. The clinical spectrum of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) varies from asymptomatic to severe forms depending on the immune status of the host. When the immune system is suppressed, there are high chances for relapses or reactivation of the disease; which is very rare in immunocompetent hosts. Here, we report a case of second time relapse of VL in a young immunocompetent male with no comorbidities, despite appropriate treatment of VL with liposomal amphotericin B. (L-Amb).

DOI

10.21608/aeji.2024.252778.1340

Keywords

Visceral leishmaniasis, relapse, Immunocompetent

Authors

First Name

Rupak

Last Name

Chatterjee

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Affiliation

Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal,India.

Email

rupakchatterjee95@gmail.com

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First Name

Shatavisa

Last Name

Mukherjee

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Affiliation

Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Email

shatavisa100@gmail.com

City

KOLKATA

Orcid

0000-0001-9524-1525

First Name

Netai

Last Name

Pramanik

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-

Affiliation

Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal,India.

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drn90pramanik@gmail.com

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Volume

14

Article Issue

1

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46136

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2023-12-12

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

121

Page End

126

Print ISSN

2090-7613

Online ISSN

2090-7184

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/article_338212.html

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11

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Case report

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622

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Publication Title

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/

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Recurrent Visceral Leishmaniasis in a Young Immunocompetent Patient

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Article

Created At

24 Dec 2024