Visceral leishmaniasis complicated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and resistant to amphotericin B: a case report
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to visceral leishmaniasis is an extensively rare phenomenon in the medical literature that causes challenges in diagnosis and management. Steroids should be used wisely to not cover the symptoms of infections or malignancy, and amphotericin B resistance should be kept in mind in unresponsive Leishmania cases.
Authors
- Y. Ramadan
- Khaled Arnaout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4063-3390)
- Fares Abu Sultan
- Muhamad Zakaria Brimo Alsaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4453-4699)
- Mohamad Shahrour
- Abeer Dayeh
- Bilal Barakat
Institutions
- University of Aleppo (SY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-024-04760-4
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17