Dyarrheal Syndrome in a Patient Co-Infected with Leishmania infantum and Schistosoma mansoni

Dyarrheal Syndrome in a Patient Co-Infected with Leishmania infantum and Schistosoma mansoni

This case report describes an atypical clinical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis affecting the digestive tract and causing malabsorption syndrome in a patient without recognized immunosuppressive condition. After appropriate treatment for the classical visceral form of the disease, diarrhea pe...

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Main Authors:	Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Luciana Inácia Gomes, Bruna Fernandes Pinto, Joanna R. Santos-Oliveira, Alda Maria Da-Cruz, Moisés Salgado Pedrosa, Wagner Luiz Tafuri, Ana Rabello
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/240512
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