Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis and AIDS: case report

Abstract

In Perd tegumentary leishmaniases are endemic, more than 5000 new cases per year being reported by the Ministry of Health, although the estimated real incidence is three times as great, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and the reported incidence of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are increasing. The more frequently reported infectious diseases associated with AIDS patients in Perd are diarrhoea due to coccidia, extrapulmonary tuberculosis, cerebral toxoplasmosis, and cryptococcal meningitis...