Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 and discrete bicytopenia

Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 and discrete bicytopenia

Key Clinical Message An Austrian patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 developed visceral leishmaniasis after trips to Spain and Crete, presenting with slight bicytopenia, later developing severe pancytopenia. Travel history taking is important due to an extended incubation period. Coexistence of di...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical case reports 2018-01, Vol.6 (1), p.78-81
Hauptverfasser: Schwetz, Verena, Trummer, Christian, Friedl, Claudia, Beham‐Schmid, Christine, Kulnik, Roman, Wölfler, Albert, Horvath, Karl, Wunsch, Stefanie, Prattes, Jürgen, Zollner‐Schwetz, Ines, Pieber, Thomas R., Mader, Julia K., Krause, Robert
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Sprache:eng
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Case Report
Case Reports
Leishmania
pancytopenia
splenomegaly
visceral leishmaniasis
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Zusammenfassung:Key Clinical Message An Austrian patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 developed visceral leishmaniasis after trips to Spain and Crete, presenting with slight bicytopenia, later developing severe pancytopenia. Travel history taking is important due to an extended incubation period. Coexistence of diabetes mellitus can impair T lymphocyte function and cause higher relapse rates. An Austrian patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 developed visceral leishmaniasis after trips to Spain and Crete, presenting with slight bicytopenia, later developing severe pancytopenia. Travel history taking is important due to an extended incubation period. Coexistence of diabetes mellitus can impair T lymphocyte function and cause higher relapse rates.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.1259