Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis: A Paradigm of Paradoxical Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in Non-HIV/AIDS Patients

Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis: A Paradigm of Paradoxical Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in Non-HIV/AIDS Patients

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease characterized by immune suppression. Successful treatment is usually followed by immune reconstitution and a dermatosis called post-Kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). Recently, PKDL was described as one of the immune reconstitution syndromes (IR...

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Main Authors: Khalil, Eltahir Awad Gasim, Khidir, Selma Abdelmoneim, Musa, Ahmed Mudawi, Musa, Brema Younis, Elfaki, Mona Elfaki Eltahir, Elkadaru, Abdelgadir Mohamed Yousif, Zijlstra, Edward, El-Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3619621/

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