Chronic Visceral Leishmaniasis in a Patient with Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Authors

  • Renata Violante Silva Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Hospital de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal
  • Vanessa Pires Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Hospital de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal
  • Ana Paula Castro Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Hospital de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal
  • Fernando Guimarães Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Hospital de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24950/rspmi.574

Keywords:

Leishmaniasis Visceral, HIV Infections, Coinfection

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Published

2017-03-30

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Violante Silva R, Pires V, Castro AP, Guimarães F. Chronic Visceral Leishmaniasis in a Patient with Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. RPMI [Internet]. 2017 Mar. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];24(1):40-1. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/574

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