Open AccessPost-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in HIV-positive patients: A study of two cases
Author(s) -
Sejal Shah,
Aditya Shah,
Suneel Prajapati,
Freny E Bilimoria
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.69001
Subject(s) - medicine , leishmaniasis , giemsa stain , cutaneous leishmaniasis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , skin biopsy , dermatology , biopsy , pathology , immunology
Cutaneous leishmaniasis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection is emerging as increasingly frequent and serious new disease. Leishmaniasis may be acquired before or after HIV infection. We describe two cases of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in HIV-positive patients. Both the patients had papulonodular lesions on upper extremities and back with low CD4 count. Slit skin smear with giemsa stain revealed Leishman Donovan (LD) bodies and skin biopsy of both the patients revealed lymphohistiocytic infiltrate with numerous intracytoplasmic LD bodies.