Neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis: case report Envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral: relato de caso

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Lílian Martins Oliveira Diniz, Helena Duani, Camila Rodrigues Freitas, Rosângela Maria Figueiredo, Christovão Castro Xavier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010
• Subjects: Sintomas neurológicos; Leishmaniose visceral; Calazar; Crianças; Neurological symptoms; Visceral leishmaniasis; Kala-azar; Children; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Azar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822010000600031; https://doaj.org/article/bed9d2adb6f84e61b4d40dc0735f74db

Visceral leishmaniasis is a severe and potentially fatal vector-borne disease. The most typical symptoms are fever, hepatosplenomegaly, weight loss, bleeding and bacterial infections. Neurological changes are rarely reported. This paper describes a child who presented with neurological signs as the...