Atypical Manifestations of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Children
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar is an endemic parasitic disease caused predominantly, in its Mediterranean type, by Leishmania infantum. Fever and splenomegaly are the most common clinical manifestations, detected in more than 80% of patients. We present two cases with atypical manifestations, without fever and with spleen nodules in the context of an outbreak of VL in Spain.
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