Visceral Leishmaniasis in a German Child Who Had Never Entered a Known Endemic Area: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Authors :: Francine Pratlong
Gabriele Schönian
Mallorie Hide
Elke Lorenz
Christian Bogdan
Rolf Mertens
Anne-Laure Bañuls
Martin Röllinghoff
Centre d'Etude sur le Polymorphisme des Micro-Organismes, UMR CNRS-IRD 9926 (CEPM)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])
Source :: Clinical Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2001, 32 (2), pp.302-306. ⟨10.1086/318476⟩
Publication Year :: 2001
Publisher :: HAL CCSD, 2001.
Abstract: We describe a case of visceral leishmaniasis in a 15-month-old German child. Diagnosis was significantly delayed because the patient had no history of travel to known endemic areas. Congenital or blood transfusion-associated leishmaniasis was ruled out. Possible modes of transmission (including a potential new autochthonous focus of the disease in central Europe) are discussed.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 10584838 and 15376591
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Clinical Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2001, 32 (2), pp.302-306. ⟨10.1086/318476⟩
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....ed03fe800e5d22915348cba2c8305235
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1086/318476⟩

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