Leishmaniasis

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Visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar)

  • Leukemia or lymphoma
  • Cirrhosis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Infectious mononucleosis
  • Brucellosis
  • Malaria
  • Typhoid fever (enteric fever)
  • Schistosomiasis
  • African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
  • Tropical splenomegaly syndrome
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
  • Hansen's disease (leprosy)
  • Fungal infection
  • Cutaneous tuberculosis
  • Neoplasm
  • Syphilis
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Yaws
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis
  • Wegener's granulomatosis
  • Syphilis
  • Lymphoma
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Polymorphic reticulosis (lethal midline granuloma)
  • Yaws

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Last updated: December 1, 2014