João Carlos Geber Júnior, Renata Aparecida de Almeida Monteiro, João Wilson Pedro da Rocha, Edson Luiz Társia Duarte, Elizabete Nicodemo, Olavo Munhoz, Edison Ferreira de Paiva, Thais Mauad, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a chronic vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by trypanosomatids, considered endemic in 98 countries, mainly associated with poverty. About 50,000-90,000 cases of VL occur annually worldwide, and Brazil has the second largest number of cases in the world. The clinical picture of VL is fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia, progressing to death in 90% of cases due to secondary infections and multi-organ failure, if left untreated. We describe the case of a 25-year-old female who lived in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo, who had recently taken touristic trips to several rural areas in Southeastern Brazil and was diagnosed post-mortem...
2023: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo