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Volume 24

October - December 2008 (Part-II)

Number  6


 

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Heart involvement in Kala Azar

Armin S1, Gharib A2, Khalaj E3

SUMMARY

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease. About 30 species of sandflies are proven vectors of leishmania, the usual reservoir host includes human and domestic/wild animals. In addition, acquisition of visceral leishmaniasis as a result of blood transfusion has been documented. Visceral leishmaniasis presents in various forms. We report a three year old girl with visceral leishmaniasis and pericardial effusion. Meglumine antimoniate was prescribed for her and all her signs and symptoms plus her pericardial effusion were resolved.

KEY WORDS: Kala azar, Pericardial effusion, Childhood.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2008 (Part-II)    Vol. 24 No. 6    879-882

How to cite this article:

Armin SH, Gharib A, Khalaj E. A type of heart involvement in Kala Azar. Pak J Med Sci 2008;24(6): 879-82.


1. Shahnaz Armin, MD,
Assistant Professor,
Sub Specialist in Pediatric,
Infectious Diseases,
Pediatric Infectious Research Center,
Faculty of Medicine,

2. Gharib A, MD,
Assistant Professor,
Pathologist,
Mofid Children Hospital,
Faculty of Medicine,

3. Khalaj E, MD
General Practitioner

1-3: Shaheed Beheshti University (Medical Sciences),
Tehran, Iran.

Correspondence

Shahnaz Armin MD,
Assistant Professor,
Pediatric Infectious Research Center,
Mofid Children’s Hospital,
Shariati St.,
Tehran,
Republic of Iran.
E-mail: pedircorg@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: December 19, 2007
* Revision Received: September 12, 2008
* Revision Accepted : September 15, 2008



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