Immune Hemolytic Anemia in Association with Visceral Leishmaniasis
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11 Summary Despite the fact that anemia is one of the most striking clinical features of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), the factors involved in the pathogenesis are not fully understood. The cause of anemia seen in these patients is often multifactorial including sequestration and destruction of the erythrocytes in the enlarged spleen, hemophagocytosis and alterations in erythrocyte membrane permeability. Anemia due to immune hemolysis is rarely seen in patients with kala-azar. We present here 4 year-old girl diagnosed as kala-azar associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. No signs of hemolysis had remained after kala-azar was successfully treated with meglumine antimonate. (J Pediatr Inf 2007; 1: 36-8)
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