Parameter (%) |
I. Benlbaghdadi[18] (n = 6) |
K. Aoun[10] (n = 18) |
M. Afrit[11] (n = 7) |
P. Pagliano[19] (n = 64) |
Our series (n = 26) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fever | 100 | 83 | 100 | 94 | 92 |
Splenomegaly | 83 | 55 | 57 | 100 | 84 |
Hepatomegaly | 50 | 38 | 57 | 100 | 35 |
Pallor | 100 | 94 | 100 | ||
Haemorrhage | 17 | 35 | |||
Lymphadenopathy | 33 | 14 | 35 | ||
Pancytopenia | 83 | 22 | 57 | 56 | |
Inflammatory syndrome | 100 | 83 | 71 | 100 | |
Hyperproteinemia | 50 | 27 | |||
Hypergammaglobulinemia | 100 | 94 | 57 | ||
Anti-Leishmania serology (+) | 83 | 82 | 83 | 100 | 92 |
Amastigotes on bone marrow smears | 50 | 67 | 100 | 97 | 92 |
Favorable outcome | 83 | 71 | 88 | ||
Deaths |
1 case (Hematemesis: PHT) |
1 case (Severe sepsis) |
1 case (Relapse) |
1 case
(unexplained) |