FDG-PET/CT findings during immune reconstitution in an HIV-1 patient infected with visceral leishmaniasis

P G Kyrtatos; A Debard; G Martin-Blondel; M Alvarez; P Delobel; B Marchou; P Massip; T Wagner

doi:10.1007/s15010-013-0459-2

FDG-PET/CT findings during immune reconstitution in an HIV-1 patient infected with visceral leishmaniasis

Infection. 2013 Oct;41(5):1017-9. doi: 10.1007/s15010-013-0459-2. Epub 2013 May 25.

Authors

P G Kyrtatos¹, A Debard, G Martin-Blondel, M Alvarez, P Delobel, B Marchou, P Massip, T Wagner

Affiliation

¹ Nuclear Medicine Department, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK, [email protected].

PMID: 23709292
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0459-2

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis can rarely be unmasked by immune reconstitution in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected patients. We report the first case of immune reconstitution associated with leishmaniasis in an HIV patient to be imaged with [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG/PET), at both baseline and after therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
HIV Infections / diagnostic imaging*
HIV Infections / immunology
HIV Infections / parasitology*
Humans
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / parasitology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / virology
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / diagnostic imaging*
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / immunology
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / virology*
Male
Positron-Emission Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18