Kidney involvement in leishmaniasis—a review

AUTOR(ES)

da Silva Junior, Geraldo Bezerra, Guardão Barros, Elvino José, De Francesco Daher, Elizabeth

FONTE

Braz J Infect Dis

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2014-08

RESUMO

Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania transmitted by insects of the genus Lutzomyia sp. or Phlebotomus sp. The main syndromes are cutaneous leishmaniasis, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. This article reviews kidney involvement in cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis, highlighting the aspects of their pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, histopathological findings, outcome and treatment.

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