Open AccessCoinfection and delayed diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis: Died predecessors factors
Author(s) -
Jaciel de Oliveira Clementino,
Daniel Gallina Martins Abrahão,
Manoel Sebastião da Costa Lima-Júnior,
Herintha Coeto Neitzke Abreu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
case reports in clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-2734
pISSN - 2331-2726
DOI - 10.5430/crcp.v6n1p19
Subject(s) - medicine , visceral leishmaniasis , septic shock , leishmania infantum , coinfection , leishmaniasis , leishmania , pneumonia , disease , shock (circulatory) , immunology , anemia , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , sepsis , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an anthropozoonosis caused by Leishmania infantum in most Brazilian states and is known for its significant lethality resulting from improper diagnosis and treatment. VL is difficult to diagnose because its clinical manifestations and laboratory abnormalities are analogous to several other pathologies. We report a case of a 54-year-old man, negative for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), with VL who was initially diagnosed with anemia, consumptive syndrome, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and septic shock and died due to a delayed diagnosis of VL.