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Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018
Dispatch

Fatal Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum, Lebanon

Rana El Hajj, Hiba El Hajj1, and Ibrahim Khalifeh1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

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Table

Clinical characteristics of 5 patients with visceral leishmaniasis, Lebanon, 2014−2017*

Patient no. Age, y/sex Abdominal distension Hepatosplenomegaly Fever Ascites Blood Lung infiltrates Insect bite Delay in diagnosis, mo
1 11/F + + + + Pancytopenia + + 4
2 7/M + + + + Pancytopenia + − 5
2 5/M + + + + Pancytopenia + − 6
4 4/M + + + + Pancytopenia + − 5
5 2/ F + + + + Pancytopenia + − 4

*−, negative; +, positive.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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