Asunto(s)

Fasciola hepatica , Fascioliasis/diagnóstico , Adulto , Amebicidas/uso terapéutico , Animales , Emetina/análogos & derivados , Emetina/uso terapéutico , Fascioliasis/tratamiento farmacológico , Fascioliasis/parasitología , Contaminación de Alimentos , Humanos , Masculino , México

RESUMEN

A case of leishmaniasis (L. donovani) in a five year-old girl from Acatlan, State of Puebla, Mexico, is reported. She had had a 4-month history of malaise with 39 degrees C intermittent fever, hyporexia and a weight loss of 7 kg. She had spleen enlargement, and blood pancytopenia. A bone marrow study showed the Leishmania amastigotes; a positive blood culture on NNN media (Novy-Nicolle-MacNeal) confirmed the presence of promastigotes. A complete remission was achieved with methylglucamine. We present a review of the Mexican literature concerning visceral leishmaniasis.

Asunto(s)

Leishmaniasis Visceral , Animales , Médula Ósea/parasitología , Médula Ósea/patología , Preescolar , Femenino , Fiebre/etiología , Humanos , Leishmania donovani/aislamiento & purificación , Leishmaniasis Visceral/diagnóstico , Leishmaniasis Visceral/tratamiento farmacológico , Leishmaniasis Visceral/epidemiología , Leishmaniasis Visceral/patología , Meglumina/uso terapéutico , México/epidemiología , Esplenomegalia/etiología