Author: Kouyialis Sofoclis Archontakis Stefanos Bilinis Charalambos Nikolaou Stavriani Stavropoulou Evgenia Samaras Charilaos Sarafoglou Christos Nicolaou Irene Parasi Aikaterini Minadaki Maria
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
ISSN: 0036-5548
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol.37, Iss.11-12, 2005-11, pp. : 916-918
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Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis typically presents with symptoms such as fever, enlargement of the spleen and the liver, hypergammaglobulinaemia and infection of the bone marrow resulting in anaemia and leukopenia. The disease is sporadic in the countries of the Mediterranean basin. We report an unusual case of acute tonsillitis due to tonsillar leishmaniasis, in an immunocompetent 34-y-old male patient. Diagnosis was confirmed by serological tests and histopathological examination following biopsy of the right tonsil. The patient was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin-B.
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