Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in The Sudan: Peripheral Neural Involvement

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dc.FacultyEndemic Diseasesen_US
dc.contributor.authorElhassan, Ahmed M.
dc.contributor.authorAli, Mohamed S.
dc.contributor.authorEltoum, IsamA.
dc.date2007-05
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-25T07:34:11Z
dc.date.available2015-11-25T07:34:11Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-25
dc.date.submitted2015-11-25
dc.description.abstractFour patients developed post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis and neuritis (PKDL) 1 to 6 months following apparently successful treatment of kala-azar. The duration of the lesion varied between 1 month and nearly 5 years. The lesions were macules, papules, or nodules affecting the face, extremities, and trunk. The diagnosis was made by demonstration of the parasite in slit smear and biopsies and by a positive direct agglutination test (DAT). Histologically, the patients were found to have neuritis affecting the cutaneous nerves in the lesion only. The nerves showed a lymphohistiocytic infiltration and occasionally parasites. There was no impairment of sensation. Response to sodium stibogluconate was good. PKDL may simulate leprosy both clinically and pathologically.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://khartoumspace.uofk.edu/123456789/17273
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Dermatologyen_US
dc.subjectleishmaniasisen_US
dc.subjectneuritisen_US
dc.subjectSudanen_US
dc.titlePost-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in The Sudan: Peripheral Neural Involvementen_US
dc.typePublicationen_US

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