A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH COUGH, FEVER AND PANCYTOPENIA – A CASE REPORT
Keywords:
fever, cough, visceral leishmaniasis, amphotericin BAbstract
We present the case of a six-year-old boy suffering from a ten-day bout of intermittent fever, cough, and pancytopenia. After the initial diagnosis of sepsis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis was discounted, additional tests were performed and the boy was diagnosed with the visceral form of leishmaniasis. Clinical improvement and cessation of febrility were observed after a therapy consisting of a liposomal form of amphotericin B was introduced. Follow-up examinations, which were performed after one, three and six months, revealed that the boy was completely healthy, with normal vital functions and laboratory analyses.
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