Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018
Dispatch
Fatal Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum, Lebanon
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.
1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.