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IDSA Recommendations for Treating Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis - Preferred Therapy:
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and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ... Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis ... with visceral leishmaniasis ... for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ... Prevention #Treatment #management
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Visceral Leishmaniasis ... Diagnosis and Management ... #Visceral #Leishmaniasis ... #diagnosis #management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
.), Parasites (Leishmaniosis ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management
Clinical photographs of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL)

#Cutaneous #Leishmaniasis #CL #clinical #photos #skin #dermatology
photographs of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ... #Cutaneous #Leishmaniasis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
(eg, visceral leishmaniasis ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life ... proboscis #Leishmaniasis
Leishmania Skin Ulceration

#Leishmaniasis #Skin #Ulcer #dermatology #Leishmania #clinical #photo
Ulceration #Leishmaniasis
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
• Parasitic: Leishmaniasis
Differential Diagnosis for Generalized Lymphadenopathy

Viral
• HIV 
• EBV 
• CMV 
• HBV 
• Dengue 
• Rubella
Toxoplasmosis • Leishmaniasis
Differential Diagnosis for Saddle Nose Deformities

Infectious: Syphilis, Leprosy, TB, Cutaneous Leishmaniosis, Septal abscess
Inflammatory: GCA (formerly Wegner’s),
TB, Cutaneous Leishmaniosis