PMID: 26827588Feb 2, 2016Paper

VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN A THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD

Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni
T I RudavinaN V Banko

Abstract

The paper describes a clinical case of visceral leishmaniasis in a three-year-old child who Was born and is a permanent resident in Penm. Its clinical symptomatology; laboratory and instrumental findings; stages of a diagnostic search for fever of unknown origin concurrent with hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia; differential diagnosis with hemoblastosis; and an epidemiological history are detailed. Visceral leishmaniasis was diagnosed at examination of bone marrow specimens. The paper presents the positive results of combination etiopathogenetic treatment, which are confirmed by the time course of clinical changes and laboratory findings.

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