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A CASE OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS AND PULMONARY TB COINFECTION FROM HILLS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
Laxmi Nand, Bhupender Kumar, Dalip Gupta, Ranjot Kaur
Abstract :
Visceral leishmaniasis is quite prevalent in the hot and humid environment of eastern states of India. But it is rare in the Himalyan region. So the patients can be misdiagnosed to have some other disease. A typical visceral leishmaniasis patient will present with fever, pancytopenia and splenomegaly but if the physician is unaware then the patient may undergo a long process of investigation and the diagnosis may be delayed. Further it may lead to an immunocompromised state and the patients are prone to develop other infections, which may blur the clinical picture.
Keywords :
AFB – Acid fast bacilli ATT – Anti tubercular treatment VL – Visceral leishmaniasis CT – Computed tomography ELISA – Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
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DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/paripex
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Laxmi Nand, Bhupender Kumar, Dalip Gupta, Ranjot Kaur, A CASE OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS AND PULMONARY TB COINFECTION FROM HILLS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018
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Laxmi Nand, Bhupender Kumar, Dalip Gupta, Ranjot Kaur, A CASE OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS AND PULMONARY TB COINFECTION FROM HILLS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018
