Visceral leishmaniasis triggering an adult-onset Still's disease: a unique case

Silvia Spoto; Sebastiano Costantino; Emanuele Valeriani; Marta Fogolari; Eleonora Cella; Giordano Dicuonzo; Massimo Ciccozzi; Silvia Angeletti

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1266

Visceral leishmaniasis triggering an adult-onset Still's disease: a unique case

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Nov 13;5(12):2111-2116. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1266. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Authors

Silvia Spoto¹, Sebastiano Costantino¹, Emanuele Valeriani¹, Marta Fogolari², Eleonora Cella^{2

3}, Giordano Dicuonzo², Massimo Ciccozzi², Silvia Angeletti²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico Rome Italy.
² Unit of Clinical Laboratory Science University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome Rome Italy.
³ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases "Sapienza", Policlinico Umberto I University of Rome Rome Italy.

Abstract

Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) due to visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has not been previously reported. This case report analyzes a single episode of AOSD probably due to a visceral leishmaniasis successfully treated with pentamidine isethionate and prednisone.

Keywords: Adult‐onset Still's disease; fever of unknown origin; visceral leishmaniasis.

Publication types

Case Reports