intestinal leishmaniasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Intestinal Leishmaniasis in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

In endemic regions, visceral leishmaniasis is one of the most common opportunistic infections in HIV positive patients. Simultaneous infection with Leishmania and HIV has been reported in some countries but this is the first report of such a case in Iran. Our patient was a 27 years old man with intermittent night fever, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, vomiting, watery diarrhea and severe weig...

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

\s=b\Pneumocystis carinii antigen and IgG antibody profiles were prepared on 17 pediatric patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with pneumonia who were examined by a variety of invasive methods for P carinii organisms. Overall, the accuracy of the antigen assay in invasively examined pediatric patients with AIDS with pneumonia was 94% (sensitivity, 100%; specificity, 90%), as ...

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Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Amebiasis is an infection caused by the intestinal protozoan Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica). About 90% of infections are asymptomatic, and the remaining 10%of infections produce a spectrum of clinical syndromes ranging from dysentery to abscesses of the liver or other organs. Most asymptomatic carriers harbor nonpathogenic strains {E. dispar) which do not cause invasive disease. Some pa...

Primary Hepatic Burkitt’s Lymphoma in a Patient With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

  Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of liver is a very rare malignancy. Here we report a case of primary hepatic Burkitt’s lymphoma in a 34-year old man who was known case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and presented with weight loss, abdominal pain, and fever. Positive laboratory findings were mild anemia and elevated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and alkaline phosphatase (AL...