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Published in: Virchows Archiv 3/2012

01-03-2012 | Case Report

Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with AIDS: early pathological diagnosis using conventional histology, PCR and electron microscopy is the key for adequate treatment

Authors: Albrecht Stenzinger, Johannes Nemeth, Frederick Klauschen, Christiane Schewe, Axel-Michael Ladhoff, Alexander Muckenhuber, Mariana Schürmann, Dirk Schürmann, Wilko Weichert

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 3/2012

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Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoa that are transmitted by female sand flies (Phlebotomus) from either animals to humans (zoonosis) or from humans to humans (anthroponosis). Currently, approximately 30 sand fly species and 21 different Leishmania species are known, which reside as promastigotes in the gut of the arthropod. Once being inoculated via the skin and internalized in host macrophages and dendritic cells, the promastigotes transform to amastigotes and eventually disseminate via the lymph and blood system [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with AIDS: early pathological diagnosis using conventional histology, PCR and electron microscopy is the key for adequate treatment
Authors
Albrecht Stenzinger
Johannes Nemeth
Frederick Klauschen
Christiane Schewe
Axel-Michael Ladhoff
Alexander Muckenhuber
Mariana Schürmann
Dirk Schürmann
Wilko Weichert
Publication date
01-03-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Virchows Archiv / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-012-1207-1

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