A case report and literature review: diagnosis and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus coinfected with visceral leishmania by metagenomic next-generation sequencing in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can disrupt the body's immune system, increasing the chance of various opportunistic infections. The risk of misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis is high for HIV and Leishmania coinfection. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has become a significant opportunistic infection in HIV type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients in the epidemic region. Co-infection is difficult to diagnose, especially in non-endemic areas.

Case description

This study presents a case of VL in a middle-aged male patient with HIV coinfection, where the diagnosis was circuitous and complex. The patient was a 44-year-old male who was hospitalized due to fever. We considered common pathogen infection or hemophagocytic syndrome, so we did various etiological examinations and

SUBMITTER: Tang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9096369 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature