Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis): report of a case with 34 month incubation period and positive Doan-Wright test.

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Case Reports1 February 1952KALA-AZAR (VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS): REPORT OF A CASE WITH 34 MONTH INCUBATION PERIOD AND POSITIVE DOAN-WRIGHT TESTHERMAN H. STONE, M.D., CHARLES D. TOOL, M.D., WILLIAM S. PUGSLEY, M.D.HERMAN H. STONE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES D. TOOL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM S. PUGSLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-2-686 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince World War II there have been numerous reports of the occurrence of kala-azar in service men returning from endemic areas in the Mediterranean coastal countries,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 India and North China.13, 14 To our knowledge, there has been no report of a case contracted within the United States.The minimal incubation period in 22 cases reviewed by the authors varied between one11and 237months. Ecker and Lubitz11state that it may vary from two weeks to more than a year, with an average of from two to four months. However, the length of the...Bibliography1. Thompson RB: Kala azar in an English seaman, Lancet 1: 17-18, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. LipscombGibson FEMO: Leishmaniasis, visceral, in an adult, contracted in Malta, Brit. M. J. 1: 492-493, 1944. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BurchealWoods JHRP: Visceral leishmaniasis—report of three cases, War Med. 7: 173-177, 1945. Google Scholar4. SweeneyFriedlanderQueen JRDFB: Kala azar simulating splenic anemia, J. A. M. A. 128: 1020-1022, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Armstrong TG: Asymptomatic kala azar in soldiers from overseas, Brit. M. J. 2: 918, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Feldman A: Kala azar with onset of symptoms in Great Britain, Brit. M. J. 2: 816-817, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. DuffyDavison JPLE: Kala azar: three cases developing in veterans, Am. J. M. Sc. 117: 21-28, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. PriceMazer FLRA: A case of kala azar, J. A. M. A. 125: 490-492, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. LewisSpicknall JJCG: Visceral leishmaniasis—report of a case, Am. J. Trop. Med. 27: 551-554, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. WaudKruger SPS: Visceral leishmaniasis—report of a case, New England J. Med. 236: 63-64, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. EckerLubitz HDJM: Kala azar in the U. S.—review of literature and report of two cases, Ann. Int. Med. 26: 720-733, 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar12. Marple CD: Visceral leishmaniasis—report of a case, Ann. Int. Med. 26: 787-795, 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar13. Meleney HE: Early diagnosis of kala azar (Letter to the editor), J. A. M. A. 129: 150-151, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Scavel FG: Kala azar in China—clinical observations, Ann. Int. Med. 21: 607-627, 1944. LinkGoogle Scholar15. Kala-azar—visceral leishmaniasis, Bull. U. S. Army Med. Dept. 4: 296-298, 1945. Google Scholar16. MostLavietes HPH: Kala azar in American military personnel, Medicine 26: 221-284, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. Sen GuptaChakravarty PCNK: Agranulocytosis in kala azar, Indian M. Gaz. 82: 11-16, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar18. SenterSutkerGarver WJHH: Kala-azar. With special studies of bone marrow and lymph nodes, Am. J. Med. 7: 694-698, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar19. DoanWright CACS: Primary congenital and secondary acquired splenic panhematopenia, Blood 1: 10, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar20. Wintrobe MW: Clinical hematology, 1946, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 767. Google Scholar21. Strong RP: Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases, 1943, Blakiston Co., Philadelphia, p. 290. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 14, 1950.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byVisceral leishmaniasis in Saudi Arabia: From hundreds of cases to zeroA novel case of human visceral leishmaniasis from the urban area of the city of Rio de Janeiro: autochthonous or imported from Spain ?Leishmaniasis: The Pathologic SpectrumDysproteinaemia in kala-azarPOST KALA-AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASISViscerale Leishmaniase: Kala-azarKala-azar 1 February 1952Volume 36, Issue 2_Part_2Page: 686-693KeywordsKala-azarLeishmaniasisMedical servicesPhotography Issue Published: 1 February 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...