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: Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil, Selma Abdelmoneim Khidir, Ahmed Mudawi Musa, Brema Younis Musa, Mona Elfaki Eltahir Elfaki, Abdelgadir Mohamed Yousif Elkadaru, Edward Zijlstra, Ahmed Mohamed El-Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/275253
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