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- Title
Oral mucosal leishmaniasis as a presenting feature of HIV infection and its management.
- Authors
Chaudhry, Zareena; Barrett, Andrew W.; Corbett, Elizabeth; French, Patrick D.; Zakrzewska, Joanna M.; Chaudhry, Z; Barrett, A W; Corbett, E; French, P D; Zakrzewska, J M
- Abstract
Leishmaniasis is chronic parasitie Protozoal disease transmitted by sandfly vectors and is endemic in some regions of South America, Asia, Africa and Mediterranean countries. This case report describes a British patient who presented with oral mucosal leishmaniasis and in whom it was also the first sign of HIV disease. We believe it is the first reported case of isolated oral mucosal ldishmaniasis as a presenting feature of isolated oral mucosal leishmaniasis as a presenting feature of otherwise unknown HIV infection.
- Subjects
HIV infections; LEISHMANIASIS; PROTOZOAN diseases; MUCOUS membranes; EPITHELIUM; ORAL diseases
- Publication
Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, 1999, Vol 28, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
0904-2512
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0714.1999.tb01993.x