Bangladesh Disease Control Unit, Directorate General Health Service, 2013. Annual Report. Bangladesh, India: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh.
Ahmed BN, Nabi SG, Rahman M, Selim S, Bashar A, Rashid MM, Lira FY, Chowdhury TA, Mondal D, 2014. Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) elimination in Bangladesh: successes and challenges. Curr Trop Med Rep 1: 163–169.
Bourgeois N, Bastien P, Reynes J, Makinson A, Rouanet I, Lachaud L, 2010. “Active chronic visceral leishmaniasis” in HIV-1-infected patients demonstrated by biological and clinical long-term follow-up of 10 patients. HIV Med 11: 670–673.
Bangladesh Disease Control Unit, Directorate General Health Service, 2013. National Guideline for Kala-azar Case Management. Bangladesh, India: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh.
Srivastava P, Dayama A, Mehrotra S, Sundar S, 2010. Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 105: 1–6.
Maurya R, Singh RK, Kumar B, Salotra P, Rai M, Sundar S, 2005. Evaluation of PCR for diagnosis of Indian kala-azar and assessment of cure. J Clin Microbiol 43: 3038–3041.
Mondal D, Alvar J, Hasnain MG, Hossain MS, Ghosh D, Huda MM, Nabi SG, Sundar S, Matlashewski G, Arana B, 2014. Efficacy and safety of single-dose liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis in a rural public hospital in Bangladesh: a feasibility study. Lancet Glob Health 2: e51–e57.
Soldin SJ, Brugnara C, Hicks JM, 1999. Pediatric Reference Ranges, 3rd edition. Washington, DC: AACC Press.
Hay WW, Hayward AR, Levin MJ, Sondheimer JM, 2000. Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 15th edition. New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill.
Salam MA, Mondal D, Kabir M, Haque R, 2010. Detection of urinary leishmanial antigen by latex agglutination test (KAtex) in kala-azar patients. Bangladesh J Med Sci 9: 216–222.
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This report presents two cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) recurrence where the microscopy of the splenic smear failed in diagnosis. However, a strong clinical suspicion compelled further evaluation by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which validated the etiology. This short report highlights the usefulness of PCR in diagnosing cases of suspected smear-negative VL recurrence.
Authors' addresses: Md. Golam Hasnain, Centre for Communicable Disease, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, E-mail: hasnain.abir@gmail.com. Ariful Basher and Proggananda Nath, Department of Internal Medicine, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, E-mails: ariful.dr@gmail.com and progganath@yahoo.com. Prakash Ghosh, Faria Hossain, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, and Dinesh Mondal, Centre for Nutrition and Food Security, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, E-mails: dreamix888@yahoo.com, faria109@gmail.com, realengewu@yahoo.com, and din63d@icddrb.org.
Bangladesh Disease Control Unit, Directorate General Health Service, 2013. Annual Report. Bangladesh, India: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh.
Ahmed BN, Nabi SG, Rahman M, Selim S, Bashar A, Rashid MM, Lira FY, Chowdhury TA, Mondal D, 2014. Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) elimination in Bangladesh: successes and challenges. Curr Trop Med Rep 1: 163–169.
Bourgeois N, Bastien P, Reynes J, Makinson A, Rouanet I, Lachaud L, 2010. “Active chronic visceral leishmaniasis” in HIV-1-infected patients demonstrated by biological and clinical long-term follow-up of 10 patients. HIV Med 11: 670–673.
Bangladesh Disease Control Unit, Directorate General Health Service, 2013. National Guideline for Kala-azar Case Management. Bangladesh, India: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh.
Srivastava P, Dayama A, Mehrotra S, Sundar S, 2010. Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 105: 1–6.
Maurya R, Singh RK, Kumar B, Salotra P, Rai M, Sundar S, 2005. Evaluation of PCR for diagnosis of Indian kala-azar and assessment of cure. J Clin Microbiol 43: 3038–3041.
Mondal D, Alvar J, Hasnain MG, Hossain MS, Ghosh D, Huda MM, Nabi SG, Sundar S, Matlashewski G, Arana B, 2014. Efficacy and safety of single-dose liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis in a rural public hospital in Bangladesh: a feasibility study. Lancet Glob Health 2: e51–e57.
Soldin SJ, Brugnara C, Hicks JM, 1999. Pediatric Reference Ranges, 3rd edition. Washington, DC: AACC Press.
Hay WW, Hayward AR, Levin MJ, Sondheimer JM, 2000. Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 15th edition. New York, NY: Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill.
Salam MA, Mondal D, Kabir M, Haque R, 2010. Detection of urinary leishmanial antigen by latex agglutination test (KAtex) in kala-azar patients. Bangladesh J Med Sci 9: 216–222.
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