Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or kala-azar, a serious disease resulting from a systemic infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania, is potentially fatal to humans. According to data from Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Brazil's Information System for Notifi...

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Main Authors:	Greyce Christine Lisboa Bueno, Amanda Terra de Sá Koerich, Luciana Bonnassis Burg, Sara Letícia Kretzer, Joanita Ângela Gonzaga Del Moral, Ivânio Alves Pereira
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-02-01
Series:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:	Leishmaniasis Kala-azar Systemic lupus erythematosus
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100703&lng=en&tlng=en

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spelling	doaj-ed330f6f30bd4a379abfd2881bbd4ede2020-11-25T00:53:09ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492019-02-0152010.1590/0037-8682-0208-2018S0037-86822019000100703Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosusGreyce Christine Lisboa BuenoAmanda Terra de Sá KoerichLuciana Bonnassis BurgSara Letícia KretzerJoanita Ângela Gonzaga Del MoralIvânio Alves PereiraAbstract Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or kala-azar, a serious disease resulting from a systemic infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania, is potentially fatal to humans. According to data from Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Brazil's Information System for Notifiable Diseases) from 2015 to 2016, 6,489 new cases were recorded in Brazil in 22 of the 27 federative units. In addition to typical clinical findings, VL may be associated with autoimmune phenomena, including simulating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We present the first case of autochthonous VL mimicking SLE in Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100703&lng=en&tlng=enLeishmaniasisKala-azarSystemic lupus erythematosus
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author	Greyce Christine Lisboa Bueno Amanda Terra de Sá Koerich Luciana Bonnassis Burg Sara Letícia Kretzer Joanita Ângela Gonzaga Del Moral Ivânio Alves Pereira
spellingShingle	Greyce Christine Lisboa Bueno Amanda Terra de Sá Koerich Luciana Bonnassis Burg Sara Letícia Kretzer Joanita Ângela Gonzaga Del Moral Ivânio Alves Pereira Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Leishmaniasis Kala-azar Systemic lupus erythematosus
author_facet	Greyce Christine Lisboa Bueno Amanda Terra de Sá Koerich Luciana Bonnassis Burg Sara Letícia Kretzer Joanita Ângela Gonzaga Del Moral Ivânio Alves Pereira
author_sort	Greyce Christine Lisboa Bueno
title	Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus
title_short	Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus
title_full	Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus
title_fullStr	Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus
title_full_unstemmed	Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus
title_sort	visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus
publisher	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
series	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
issn	1678-9849
publishDate	2019-02-01
description	Abstract Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or kala-azar, a serious disease resulting from a systemic infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania, is potentially fatal to humans. According to data from Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Brazil's Information System for Notifiable Diseases) from 2015 to 2016, 6,489 new cases were recorded in Brazil in 22 of the 27 federative units. In addition to typical clinical findings, VL may be associated with autoimmune phenomena, including simulating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We present the first case of autochthonous VL mimicking SLE in Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.
topic	Leishmaniasis Kala-azar Systemic lupus erythematosus
url	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100703&lng=en&tlng=en
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Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus

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