Mucosal leishmaniasis presenting as sinusitis and optic neuropathy

Arch Ophthalmol. 2000 Jun;118(6):852-4.

Authors

R Huna-Baron¹, F A Warren, W Miller, J Jacobs, J Green, M J Kupersmith

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, North Division, 170 East End Ave, New York, NY 10128, USA.

PMID: 10865330

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology
Animals
Antimony Sodium Gluconate / therapeutic use
Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
Eye Infections, Parasitic / diagnosis*
Eye Infections, Parasitic / drug therapy
Eye Infections, Parasitic / parasitology
Humans
Leishmania braziliensis / isolation & purification*
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / diagnosis*
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / drug therapy
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / parasitology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
Optic Nerve Diseases / drug therapy
Optic Nerve Diseases / parasitology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / parasitology
Sinusitis / diagnosis*
Sinusitis / drug therapy
Sinusitis / parasitology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Visual Acuity

Substances

Antiprotozoal Agents
Antimony Sodium Gluconate