Leishmaniasis

A parasitic disease caused by different species of the genus <i>Leishmania</i>, transmitted through the bite of hematophagous female phlebotomine sand flies. The clinical spectrum ranges from asymptomatic to clinically overt disease which can remain localized to the skin or disseminate to the upper oral and respiratory mucous membranes or throughout the reticulo-endothelial system. Three main clinical syndromes have been described: visceral (or Kala-Azar; with fever, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly), cutaneous, and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (cutaneous or mucocutaneous ulceration).

Rheumatoid arthritis

Inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures with widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, as well as atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures.

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PMID (PMCID)
29490707 (5831575)	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	A pyoderma gangrenous-like cutaneous leishmaniasis in a Libyan woman with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report.
	Al-Dwibe H, Amro A, Gashout A, El-Zurghany A, El-Zubi S, El-Hashme M, Hamarsheh O, Maree M. BMC Res Notes. 2018;11(1):158.
	We report for the first time, a rare and unusual presentation of pyoderma gangrenosum like-cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
28380117 (5441157)	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Reactivation of cutaneous and mucocutaneous tegumentary leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis patients: an emerging problem?
	Souza RM, Andrade HF Junior, Duarte MI, Braz LM, Schubach AO, Silva FC, Amato VS. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2017;59:e6.
	Reactivation of cutaneous and mucocutaneous tegumentary leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis patients: an emerging problem?
28380117 (5441157)	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Reactivation of cutaneous and mucocutaneous tegumentary leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis patients: an emerging problem?
	Souza RM, Andrade HF Junior, Duarte MI, Braz LM, Schubach AO, Silva FC, Amato VS. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2017;59:e6.
	Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic condition that is frequent in patients living in tropical areas exposed to leishmaniasis.
28638689	OTHER
	Visceral Leishmaniasis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing treatment with methotrexate: Case report and review of the literature.
	Trigkidis K, Geladari E, Kokkinakis E, Vallianou N. Eur J Rheumatol. 2017;4(2):139-141.
	Visceral Leishmaniasis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing treatment with methotrexate: Case report and review of the literature.
27523470	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Visceral leishmaniasis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient receiving methotrexate.
	Reina D, Cerda D, Guell E, Martinez Montauti J, Pineda A, Corominas H. Reumatol Clin. 2017;13(6):354-356.
	Visceral leishmaniasis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient receiving methotrexate.
25633623	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Anti-tumour necrosis factor-induced visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis: case report and review of the literature.
	Catala A, Roe E, Dalmau J, Pomar V, Munoz C, Yelamos O, Puig L. Dermatology. 2015;230(3):204-7.
	We report the first case of visceral leishmaniasis with cutaneous involvement in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with the anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) adalimumab.
20051756	FEMALE
	An atypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab.
	Kritikos K, Haritatos E, Tsigkos S, Gounari P, Skrapari I, Gounaris T, Sioula E. J Clin Rheumatol. 2010;16(1):38-9.
	Here we report the case of a visceral Leishmaniasis in a 77-year-old woman who had been previously treated for rheumatoid arthritis with infliximab.
20051756	FEMALE
	An atypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab.
	Kritikos K, Haritatos E, Tsigkos S, Gounari P, Skrapari I, Gounaris T, Sioula E. J Clin Rheumatol. 2010;16(1):38-9.
	An atypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab.
19429808	FEMALE	Adult
	Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy provokes latent leishmaniasis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
	Franklin G, Greenspan J, Chen S. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2009;39(2):192-5.
	Here we report a case of latent cutaneous leishmaniasis, which was provoked by anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
19026580	FEMALE
	Visceral leishmaniasis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with methotrexate.
	Venizelos I, Tatsiou Z, Papathomas TG, Orazi A. Int J Infect Dis. 2009;13(4):e169-72.
	Visceral leishmaniasis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with methotrexate.
19285366	FEMALE	Adult
	[Cutaneous leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis].
	Hachicha I, Sellami M, Fourati H, Akrout R, Hdiji N, Baklouti S. Rev Med Interne. 2009;30(7):609-12.
	In our patients, rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid therapy and methotrexate were predisposing factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
19285366	FEMALE	Adult
	[Cutaneous leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis].
	Hachicha I, Sellami M, Fourati H, Akrout R, Hdiji N, Baklouti S. Rev Med Interne. 2009;30(7):609-12.
	[Cutaneous leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis].
19285366	FEMALE	Adult
	[Cutaneous leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis].
	Hachicha I, Sellami M, Fourati H, Akrout R, Hdiji N, Baklouti S. Rev Med Interne. 2009;30(7):609-12.
	We report four patients with rheumatoid arthritis, treated with methotrexate and prednisone who developed cutaneous leishmaniasis.
17898884	FEMALE
	[Leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis].
	Pizzorni C, Secchi ME, Cutolo M. Reumatismo. 2007;59(3):235-9.
	[Leishmaniasis in rheumatoid arthritis].
16396712	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Visceral leishmaniasis infection in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with infliximab.
	Fabre S, Gibert C, Lechiche C, Dereure J, Jorgensen C, Sany J. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005;23(6):891-2.
	Visceral leishmaniasis infection in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with infliximab.
10583179	MALE	Middle Aged
	Relapse of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient with an infected subcutaneous rheumatoid nodule.
	Vardy DA, Cohen A, Kachko L, Zvulunov A, Frankenburg S. Br J Dermatol. 1999;141(5):914-7.
	We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, treated with methotrexate and prednisone, in whom numerous rheumatoid nodules concomitant with cutaneous leishmaniasis were found, mimicking sporotrichoid spread of the disease.