Short report
Visceral leishmaniasis masquerading as tuberculosis in a patient
with AIDS
Amitabh Yaduvanshi, Meenakshi Jain, S K Jain, Shyama Jain, Suneet Arora
Departments of
Medicine and Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok
Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110 002, India
Correspondence to: Dr SK Jain, Block 20/59, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003, India
Accepted 3 June
1999
We report a case of visceral leishmaniasis presenting as
significant lymphadenopathy in a patient with acquired immune
deficiency syndrome. The lymphadenopathy was initially suspected to be
tubercular in nature on pathological examination. This report
highlights the increasing incidence of acquired immune deficiency
syndrome and Leishmania co-infection in India, and the importance of
demonstrating tubercle bacilli on culture before suggesting a diagnosis
of tuberculosis.
Keywords: leishmaniasis; AIDS; tuberculosis
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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