PKDL

AcronymDefinition
PKDLPost Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (immunology)
PKDLPolycystic Kidney Disease 2 Like
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Abbreviations CL: Cutaneous leishmaniasis MCL: Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis VL: Visceral leishmaniasis PCR: Polyclonal chain reaction ELISA: Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay IFA: Indirect Fluorescent Antibody DAT: Direct Agglutination Test LST: Leishmanin Skin Test PKDL: Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis DCL: Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis IV: Intravenous IM: Intramuscular IL: Intralymphatic GIS: Geographical Information System.
Potential Challenges of Controlling Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka at a Disease Outbreak
Visceral leishmaniasis and its skin complication (PKDL) among those treated for VL are common in Bangladesh.
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an immigrant Saudi worker: a case report
We treated PKDL case-patients with amphotericin B deoxycholate in accordance with World Health Organization guidelines (8), and these patients recovered clinically.
Kala-azar and post-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis, Assam, India
PKDL occurs in high rates during or shortly after treatment.
Concomitant infection with Leishmania donovani and L. major in single ulcers of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients from Sudan
Similarly, PKDL, has been described to show an incidence rate as low as 5-10 Percent in Indian VL patients, while an incidence rate as high as 58 Percent was reported in Sudanese VL patients.24 Polymorphism at IFNGR1 gene was found to be associated specifically with PKDL disease susceptibility among Sudanese populations.12
Visceral leishmaniasis: Clinical and demographic features in an African population
Biopsy of dermal lesion (preferably nodular type) of clinically diagnosed PKDL patients was inoculated in modified NNN medium overlaid with Locke's and incubated the culture at 25 [+ or -] 1[degrees]C in BOD incubator for one month.
Viscerotropic potential of parasites isolated from post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis cases: an experimental evidence
Accurate diagnosis of PKDL is important due to the long and toxic treatment with antileishmanial drugs.
Systematic review into diagnostics for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL)
Using randomized sampling, we tested samples from 122 kala-azar patients from India, 20 PKDL patients from India, and 40 VL patients from Brazil.
Easy test for visceral Leishmaniasis and post-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) cases have not been found yet in Nepal.
A cost benefit analysis of elimination of kala-azar in Indian subcontinent: an example of Nepal
A case of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) was also found in this area, a 32 yr male who was treated wrongly for tuberculosis initially and later for leprosy after development of PKDL.
Sample survey for indigenous cases of kala-azar in Assam by rk39 dipstick test
Post-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a complication of visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) that emerges as a new disease entity following successful treatment of VL.
Treatment-based strategy for the management of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis patients in the Sudan
Although there have been reports of PKDL in untreated patients, the generally accepted view is that this cutaneous manifestation of VL appears only alter treatment.
PKDL--a drug related phenomenon?
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