Pancreatic involvement in co-infection visceral leishmaniasis and HIV: histological and ultrastructural aspects

The involvement of the gastrointestinal tract in the co-infection of HIV and Leishmania is rarely reported. We report the case of an HIV-infected adult man co-infected with a disseminated form of leishmaniasis involving the liver, lymph nodes, spleen and, as a feature reported for the first time in...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: CHEHTER Ethel Zimberg, LONGO Maria Antonieta, LAUDANNA Antonio Atílio, DUARTE Maria Irma Seixas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2001-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000200004