Visceral Form of Leishmaniosis in a 13-month Child
Viscerálna forma leishmaniózy u trinásťmesačného dieťaťa
V práci je popísaný prípad trinásťmesačného dievčaťa, ktoré bolo hospitalizované pre vysoké teploty, anémiu, trombocytopéniu a hepatosplenomegáliu. Sérologické vyšetrenie a nález amastigot parazita Leishmania species donovani v nátere kostnej drene potvrdili diagnózu viscerálnej formy leishmaniózy (kala azar). Pacientka bola úspešne liečená lipozomálnym amfotericínom. Ide o prvý prípad viscerálnej formy leishmaniózy u dojčaťa popísaný a liečený na Slovensku.
Kľúčové slová:
anémia, hepatosplenomegália, Leishmania, amfotericín
Authors:
J. Lukáč 1; D. Székyová 1; O. Mažáriová 2; J. Čáp 3
Authors‘ workplace:
2. detská klinika DFNsP a LFUK, Bratislava
prednosta prof. MUDr. L. Kovács, DrSc., MPH
1; Hematologické oddelenie DFNsP, Bratislava
primárka MUDr. Z. Laluhová-Striežencová
2; Klinika detskej onkológie DFNsP a LFUK, Bratislava
prednostka doc. MUDr. E. Kaiserová, CSc.
3
Published in:
Čes-slov Pediat 2006; 61 (3): 164-167.
Category:
Case Report
Overview
The paper describes the case of a 13-months old girl, who was hospitalized for high fever, anemia, thrombocytopenia and hepatosplenomegaly. The serological examination and findings of amastigotes of a parasite of the Leishmania species donovani in bone marrow smear confirmed the diagnosis of a visceral form of leishmaniosis (kala azar). The patient was successfully treated with liposomal amfotericine. This is the first case of the visceral form of leishmaniosis described and treated in Slovakia.
Key words:
anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, Leishmania, amfotericine
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