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“Eczema-like” leishmaniasis in an HIV patient Volume 23, issue 4, July-August 2013

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Authors
1 Department of Dermatology
2 Occupational Medicine,
3 Department of Histopathology,
Policlinico A. Gemelli
UniversitÀ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo Gemelli 1
00168 Rome,
Italy
4 Department of Dermatology,
Royal Free Hospital,
London,
UK
5 Department of Dermatology,
University of Padua,
Italy

A 52 year old Caucasian man with a 10-year history of HIV infection presented to the Infectious Disease Unit with a 3 week history of diffuse itch, cough and dyspnea. Topical steroids given over 1 month and pyrethrine over 3 days, administered ex adjuvantibus, were ineffective. The previous medical history was negative for atopy or drug reaction but revealed a Leishmania infection seven years before, treated with pentavalent sodium stibogluconate and splenectomy (for visceral involvement). The patient [...]