Kala-azar in Zambia: first report of two cases |
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| Authors: | KG Naik PR Hira SB Bhagwandeen JU Egere AA Versey |
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| Institution: | Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia;Chipata General Hospital, Chipata, Zambia |
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| Abstract: | Two autochthonous cases of kala-azar, the first such report of the disease from Central and Southern Africa, are described. Both patients presented with generalized macules, papules and nodules without ulceration and both also had tuberculosis. Amastigotes were cultured from blood and identified in skin, bone marrow, liver and spleen. |
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| Keywords: | Reprints from: Professor S B Bhagwandeen Head of Department of Pathology and Microbiology School of Medicine University of Zambia Lusaka Zambia |
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