Pulmonary involvement in human visceral leishmaniasis: Clinical and tomographic evaluation

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 1; p. e0228176
• Main Authors: Bispo, Ana Jovina Barreto, Almeida, Maria Luiza Dória, de Almeida, Roque Pacheco, Bispo Neto, José, de Oliveira Brito, Allan Valadão, França, Camila Mendonça
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 30.01.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biology and Life Sciences; Bone marrow; CAT scans; Chest; Chest x-rays; Child; Child, Preschool; Computed tomography; Cough; Cough - parasitology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; Diseases; Female; Health sciences; HIV; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Hypertension; Hypothyroidism; Impairment; Infections; Laboratories; Leishmaniasis; Leishmaniasis, Visceral - complications; Leishmaniasis, Visceral - diagnostic imaging; Leishmaniasis, Visceral - physiopathology; Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Lung Diseases - parasitology; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Parasitic diseases; Patients; Physical Sciences; Pneumonia; Pneumonitis; Radiography; Research and Analysis Methods; Respiratory symptoms; Respiratory system; Signs and symptoms; Supervision; Tachypnea; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tropical diseases; Variables; Vector-borne diseases; Visceral leishmaniasis; Young Adult; Brazil

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe, systemic and potentially lethal parasitosis. The lung, like any other organ, can be affected in VL, and interstitial pneumonitis has been described in past decades. This research aimed to bring more recent knowledge about respiratory impairment in VL, charact...