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Case Reports
. 1995 Mar;72(3):235-6.
doi: 10.1136/adc.72.3.235.

Visceral leishmaniasis after cardiac surgery

D Cummins  1 , S Amin, O Halil, P L Chiodini, P E Hewitt, R Radley-Smith
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Case Reports

Visceral leishmaniasis after cardiac surgery

D Cummins et al. Arch Dis Child. 1995 Mar.

Abstract

An English child developed visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) after cardiac surgery. Neither he nor his mother had ever been out of the UK, and his disease was probably transmitted by blood transfusion. Kala-azar should be considered in patients with unexplained fever and hepatosplenomegaly, even if there is no history of foreign travel.

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