Febrile pancytopenia and hepatosplenomegaly as leading symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis
Authors:
P. Polák 1; R. Svoboda 1; P. Kubáčková 2; Y. Brychtová 3; A. Panovská 3; E. Nohýnková 4,5; P. Husa 1; M. Freibergerová 1; R. Pařízková 1; M. Šnelerová 1; M. Pýchová 1; J. Kamelander 6
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika infekčních chorob Lékařské fakulty MU a FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice, přednosta prof. MUDr. Petr Husa, CSc.
1; Oddělení klinické mikrobiologie FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice, přednostka prim. MUDr. Alena Ševčíková
2; Interní hematologická a onkologická klinika Lékařské fakulty MU a FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice, přednosta prof. MUDr. Jiří Mayer, CSc.
3; Klinika infekčních, parazitárních a tropických nemocí 1. lékařské fakulty UK a Nemocnice Na Bulovce Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. Michal Holub, Ph. D.
4; Národní referenční laboratoř pro diagnostiku tropických parazitárních infekcí Praha, vedoucí RNDr. Eva Nohýnková, Ph. D.
5; Oddělení klinické hematologie FN Brno, přednosta prof. MUDr. Miroslav Penka, CSc.
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Published in:
Vnitř Lék 2012; 58(10): 761-764
Category:
Case Reports
Overview
The authors present a case report of a patient with febrile pancytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly and weight loss as main symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis. Standard treatment regimen with amphothericin B led to relapse of the disease after several weeks. The definitive cure of the disease was achieved with cytostatic miltefosin (Impavido©), which is not registered in the Czech Republic. The aim of this article is to point out this imported protozoan infection and its basic clinical and laboratory features.
Key words:
visceral leishmaniasis – pancytopenia – hepatosplenomegaly – amphothericin B – miltefosin
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