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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 81(4), 2009, pp. 555-558
doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0268;
Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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CASE REPORT


Co-Infection of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and HIV: Report of a Case of Mucosal Leishmaniasis in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Faustino Torrico, Rudy Parrado, Rosario Castro, Carla Jimena Marquez, Mary Cruz Torrico, Marco Solano, Richard Reithinger, AND Ana Lineth García*
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Laboratorio de Referencia Departamental, Servicio Departamental de Salud, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Infectología, Hospitalario Viedma, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; School of Medicine and Health Science, George Washington University, Washington, DC

 

ABSTRACT

We describe the first case of Leishmania/HIV co-infection reported in Bolivia. Initially hospitalized with a diagnosis of pneumonia and bronchitis, the patient had numerous cutaneous and mucosal lesions caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. The patient was also diagnosed as severely immunocompromised because of HIV infection.

Received May 19, 2009. Accepted for publication June 20, 2009.

Acknowledgments: The authors thank all hospital staff involved in the diagnosis and follow-up of the patient and Meena Ghandi for comments on the manuscript. The American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travellers’ Health (ACCTMTH) assisted with publication expenses.

Financial support: Funding support was provided under Grant A50990A of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR).

Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest. The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and may not reflect the position of their employing organization nor of their work’s sources of funding.

* Address correspondence to Ana Lineth Garcia, Av. Aniceto No. 371, Facultad de Medicina IIBISMED-CUMETROP, Universidad de Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia. E-mail: lineth.garcia{at}gmail.com

Authors’ addresses: Faustino Torrico, Rudy Parrado, Ernesto Rojas, Raúl Delgado, and Ana Lineth García, Av. Aniceto Arce No. 371, Facultad de Medicina IIBISMED-CUMETROP, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Rosario Castro, Laboratorio de Referencia Departamental de Salud, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Carla Jimena Marquez, Infectología, Hospitalario Viedma, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Richard Reithinger, Disease Control and Vector Biology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK and School of Medicine and Health Science, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.






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