Esophageal Leishmaniasis in a Patient Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

We read with interest the paper of Laguna and colleagues concerning gastrointestinal leishmaniasis in patients infected with HIV. They described 5 cases of gastric and duodenal leishmaniasis and reviewed 15 more cases from the world literature, excluding 3 cases of esophageal leishmaniasis. We repor...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 1995-07, Vol.21 (1), p.229-230
Main Authors: Gutiérrez-Macías, Alfonso, Alonso-Alonso, Juan José, Aguirre-Errasti, Ciriaco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - complications
Amastigotes
Correspondence
Cytomegalovirus Infections - complications
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Esophageal Diseases - complications
Esophageal Diseases - parasitology
Esophagitis
Esophagitis - complications
Esophagus
Healing
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infections
Leishmania
Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - complications
Male
Ulcers
Visceral leishmaniasis
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Summary:We read with interest the paper of Laguna and colleagues concerning gastrointestinal leishmaniasis in patients infected with HIV. They described 5 cases of gastric and duodenal leishmaniasis and reviewed 15 more cases from the world literature, excluding 3 cases of esophageal leishmaniasis. We report one case of esophageal leishmaniasis in a patient with AIDS that presented as a solitary ulcer in which Leishmania amastigotes and cytomegalic cells were identified on histopathological examination, suggesting CMV infection.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/clinids/21.1.229