THERAPY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS INTOLERANT TO PENTAVALENT ANTIMONIALS
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Transplantation
- Vol. 70 (5), 800-801
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-200009150-00016
Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis should be suspected in renal transplant recipients in whom a fever develops of unknown origin. A 53-year-old renal transplant recipient developed pyrexia, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia 4 years after transplantation. Antileishmaniasis serology was negative, and the diagnosis was confirmed through bone marrow examination. Treatment with glucantine (N-methylglucamine antimoniate) led to acute pancreatitis, and treatment with ketoconazole plus allopurinol for 21 days was effective to eradicate Leishmaniadonovani.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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