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).

Anorexia

A lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).

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PMID (PMCID)
20495762	FEMALE	Adult
	A case of visceral leishmaniasis in Oltenia region (Romania).
	Gaman A, Dobrea C, Gaman G. Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2010;51(2):391-4.
	In 1934, it was described a focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Oltenia region (24 cases).The symptoms of disease are unspecific: fatigue, feverishness, cephalalgia, anorexia, nausea, obnubilation status.
17700207	MALE
	Diagnostic dilemma in an adolescent boy: hemophagocytic syndrome in association with kala azar.
	Celik U, Alabaz D, Alhan E, Bayram I, Celik T. Am J Med Sci. 2007;334(2):139-41.
	Prolonged fever with anorexia and loss of appetite are the major presenting features of visceral leishmaniasis.
11816434	MALE	Middle Aged
	Acalculous cholecystitis in a patient with visceral leishmaniasis.
	Cermano JR, Caraballo AJ, Gonzalez J. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001;95(6):621-2.
	We present a case of cholecystitis associated with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in a man in Venezuela who presented high fever, anorexia and abdominal pain.
8045804	FEMALE
	Visceral leishmaniasis and disseminated intravascular coagulation in a dog.
	Font A, Gines C, Closa JM, Mascort J. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1994;204(7):1043-4.
	A dog being treated with meglumine antimonate for leishmaniasis was examined because of anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, and signs of abdominal discomfort.