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Leishmaniasis and AIDS coinfection* * Work performed at the Amazonas Tropical Medicine Foundation (FMTAM) - Manaus (AM), Brazil.

Coinfecção leishmaniose e AIDS

Cutaneous leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection has been reported in Brazil since the initial description of AIDS in the country. We report an HIV-positive patient under antiretroviral treatment who presented with cutaneous leishmaniasis which was successfully treated with meglumine antimoniate.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV; Leishmaniasis, cutaneous


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