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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Oral leishmaniasis in an HIV-infected patient.
Spinello AntinoriAntonio CascioGiuseppina CampisiSalvatrice Mancusosubject
Microbiology (medical)AdultLeishmaniasis MucocutaneousMaleHIV InfectionsAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)medicineHumansSidaLeishmaniasisbiologyLamivudineLeishmaniasisGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationLeishmaniaVirologyInfectious DiseasesImmunologyCoinfectionFemaleViral diseaseLeishmania infantumMouth Diseasesmedicine.drugdescription
As in most countries in the Mediterranean basin, leishmaniasis is endemic in Italy, where it has visceral (VL) and cutaneous (CL) forms caused by viscerotropic and dermotropic strains of Leishmania infantum, respectively. With the spread of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, the number of coinfections with Leishmania and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is increasing. Between 35% and 50% of the adult VL cases diagnosed annually in Sicily from 1991 to 1995 were related to HIV [1]; although cases of coinfection have been reported in 28 countries worldwide, the majority of these cases (1440 from 1990 to 1998) have been notified in four countries (Spain, Italy, France, Portugal) [2].
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01-01 | European journal of clinical microbiologyinfectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology |