Visceral leishmaniasis and leishmaniasis-HIV coinfection: comparative study

• Main Authors: João Victor Soares Coriolano Coutinho, Fabiana Silva dos Santos, Rosângela do Socorro Pereira Ribeiro, Iara Brito Bucar Oliveira, Victória Bezerra Dantas, Ana Barbara Feliciano Souza Santos, Jéssyca Rodrigues Tauhata
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Series: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Subjects: AIDS; Visceral leishmaniasis; Human immunodeficiency vírus; Coinfection; Recurrence
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822017000500670&lng=en&tlng=en

Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to draw clinical and epidemiological comparisons between visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and VL associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHOD: Retrospective study. RESULTS: Of 473 cases of VL, 5.5% were coinfected with HIV. The highest proportion of cases of both VL and VL/HIV were found among men. A higher proportion of VL cases was seen in children aged 0-10 years, whereas coinfection was more common in those aged 18-50 years. CONCLUSIONS: VL/HIV coinfected patients presented slightly differently to and had a higher mortality rate than those with VL only.