Abstract
Though visceral leishmaniasis has been known to exist in Libya since the beginning of this century, only once a child with the disease has been reported in recent decades. Present report documents six children, aged 21/2 to 7 years, with the disease. Clustering of cases in Cerenaica area is indicated by the distribution of these cases. Duration of illness varied from 3 months to 11/2 years. Four patients presented with acute bacterial infection and one with a large hemangioma. All cases had hepatosplenomegaly and anemia; four had significant lymphadenopathy. Two cases registered marked improvement and three moderate improvement with sodium antimony gluconate/pentamidine isethionate. Five cases have been followed up for 6 months to 2 years and are doing well. One case showed only moderate response even after three courses of treatment. He required splenectomy for hypersplenism; post-operative splenic histology showed presence of a large number of LD bodies. he later died.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-101 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | The Indian Journal of Pediatrics |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1987 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Children
- Eastern Libya
- Visceral leishmaniasis