Visceral leishmaniasis in acute myeloid leukemia revealed on peripheral blood smear

Clinical Case Reports
Maxime MoniotCoralie L'Ollivier

Abstract

Images of parasitic forms of Leishmania infantum are typical in the hands of a skilled expert but should be known by biologists of Hematology Department. In an endemic region, the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) must be considered because of its potential role in accelerating hematological malignancy.

References

Jan 24, 2014·Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases·J van GriensvenJ Moreno

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

AML: Role of LSD1 by CRISPR (Keystone)

Find the latest rersearrch on the ability of CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis to profile the interactions between lysine-specific histone demethylase 1 (LSD1) and chemical inhibitors in the context of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) here.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease with approximately 20,000 cases per year in the United States. AML also accounts for 15-20% of all childhood acute leukemias, while it is responsible for more than half of the leukemic deaths in these patients. Here is the latest research on this disease.

Related Papers

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Alejandra BarrioJorge D Marco
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
R Zeledón
Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni
N A MIRZOIAN
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
J KotwalM Bhargava
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved