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IDSA Recommendations for Treating Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis - Preferred Therapy:
 •
and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ... Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis ... with visceral leishmaniasis ... for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ... #Prevention #Treatment
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Visceral Leishmaniasis ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... #Visceral #Leishmaniasis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
.), Parasites (Leishmaniosis ... Unknown cause Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Clinical photographs of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL)

#Cutaneous #Leishmaniasis #CL #clinical #photos #skin #dermatology
photographs of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ... #Cutaneous #Leishmaniasis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
six months of treatment ... contagiosum virus • Leishmaniasis ... Poor adherence to treatment ... by delaying ART treatment ... eight weeks) after treatment
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
(eg, visceral leishmaniasis ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
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