Pulmonary involvement in human visceral leishmaniasis: Clinical and tomographic evaluation

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...

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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
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