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A 40-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive man had three relapses of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). In the third he developed nodular skin lesions of three types, some reminiscent of Kaposi's sarcoma. Biopsy of each type disclosed abundant dermal macrophages with a huge number of
A variety of compounds used in the treatment of parasitic or bacterial infections in man, including leishmaniasis itself, were examined for their activity against three lines of Leishmania in tissue culture. The organisms used were L. mexicana mexicana, L. tropical major and L. donovani; they were
The antiparasitic naphthylurea suramin (SUR) could be shown to exert immunomodulating and antimetastatic activity in BALB/c-mice. Regular intraperitoneal administration of SUR yielded significant weight gain of spleen and significant enhancement of peritoneal macrophage activity in chemiluminescence
A total of 32 HIV-infected, predominantly ethnic Chinese individuals from Hong Kong were examined for oral mucosal lesions over a period of 1 year. The commonest oral lesion found was minor aphthous ulceration (27.4%), while xerostomia (17.8%), ulceration NOS (not otherwise specified; 12.3%), hairy