Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis with mucosal involvement in a kidney transplant recipient: treatment with liposomal amphotericin B |
| |
Authors: | Roustan JimÉnez GutiÉrrez-Solar Gallego Alvar & PatrÓN |
| |
Institution: | Department of Dermatology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Plaza de España, 18, 26–7 Madrid 28008, Spain,;Department of Pathology, Hospital La Paz, Spain,;Department of Parasitology, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain,;Department of Nephrology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain |
| |
Abstract: | Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a rare clinical variant of cutaneous leishmaniasis. It is very common in the Indian subcontinent and less frequent in East Africa, but exceptional in the American and European continents. We have observed a case of PKDL in a renal transplant recipient. No systemic symptoms were present. The patient was treated with liposomal amphotericin B. We emphasize the unusual aspects of this case: the appearance of PKDL in Europe, its relationship with immunosuppression, the severe mucosal involvement and the excellent response to liposomal amphotericin B, a newly described treatment for the disease. |
| |
Keywords: | |
|
|