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                                                                <journal-id>genel tıp derg</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Genel Tıp Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2602-3741</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Selcuk University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54005/geneltip.1406185</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Infectious Diseases</subject>
                                                            <subject>Clinical Microbiology</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Bulaşıcı Hastalıklar</subject>
                                                            <subject>Klinik Mikrobiyoloji</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Nedeni Bilinmeyen Ateş ve Dalakta Nodüler Lezyonlar ile Karakterize Bir Visseral Leishmaniasis Olgusu</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>A Case of Visceral Leishmaniasis Characterized by Fever of Unknown Origin and Nodular Lesions in the Spleen</article-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1582-7313</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Gezer</surname>
                                    <given-names>Yakup</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Konya Şehir Hastanesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-8507</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Handemir</surname>
                                    <given-names>Erol</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Konya İl Sağlık Müdürlüğü Halk Sağlığı Hizmetleri Başkanlığı, Bulaşıcı Hastalıklar Birimi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1245-3221</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Tarakçı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Arzu</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Konya Şehir Hastanesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2609-264X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Tayşi</surname>
                                    <given-names>Muhammet Rıdvan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Konya Şehir Hastanesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1864-0316</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Basturk</surname>
                                    <given-names>A</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Konya Şehir Hastanesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1368-7919</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Cırık</surname>
                                    <given-names>Salih</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Konya Şehir Hastanesi</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20240630">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>34</volume>
                                        <issue>3</issue>
                                        <fpage>416</fpage>
                                        <lpage>418</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20231218">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>18</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20240429">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>29</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1990, Genel Tıp Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1990</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Genel Tıp Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="tr">
                            <p>Giriş: Leishmaniasis, enfekte dişi tatarcık sineklerinin ısırması sonucu Leishmania spp. parazitlerinin neden olduğu bir zoonoz olup visseral (VL), kutanöz (KL) ve mukokutanöz (MKL) olmak üzere üç ana formu vardır. VL dünyada birçok ülkede endemik olarak bulunur. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’nün (DSÖ) dikkat çektiği ihmal edilen hastalıklar listesinde olup, spesifik olmayan klinik bulguları nedeniyle tanı konulması zor bir hastalıktır. VL ateş, hepatosplenomegali, kemik iliği süpresyonu ile seyreder. Tanı doku ya da kan örneklerinde amastigotların görülmesi veya serolojik ve DNA esaslı teknikler ile konur. Olgu: 30 yaşında erkek hasta herhangi bir immünyetmezliği yoktu. Persistan ateş, pansitopeni, hepatosplenomegali ve aynı zamanda dalakta çok sayıda milimetrik hipoekoik solid nodüller ile karakterizeydi. Parazitolojik, serolojik ve moleküler yöntemlerin üçü de kullanılarak VL tanısı kesinleştirildi. Lipozomal amfoterisin B (L-AmB) ile tedavi edilerek kür sağlandı. Tartışma: Nedeni bilinmeyen ateş, pansitopeni ve hepatosplenomegali olan hastalarda ayırıcı tanıda VL düşünülmelidir. Dalakta solid nodüler lezyonların varlığı da VL lehine ışık tutabilir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Introduction: Leishmaniasis is a zoonosis caused by Leishmania spp. parasites through the bite of infected female sandflies and has three main forms: visceral (VL), cutaneous (CL) and mucocutaneous (MCL). VL is endemic in many countries around the world. It is on the World Health Organisation&#039;s (WHO) list of neglected diseases and is difficult to diagnose due to its non-specific clinical manifestations. VL is characterised by fever, hepatosplenomegaly and bone marrow suppression. The diagnosis is made by the presence of amastigotes in tissue or blood samples or serological and DNA-based techniques. Case: Our patient was a 30-year-old male did not have any immunodeficiency. He was characterised by persistent fever, pancytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly and multiple millimetric hypoechoic solid nodules in the spleen. The diagnosis of VL was confirmed using all three parasitological, serological and molecular methods. Cure was achieved by treatment with liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB). Discussion: VL should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with fever of unknown cause, pancytopenia and hepatosplenomegaly. The presence of solid nodular lesions in the spleen may also shed light in favour of VL</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Fever of unknown cause</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  hepatosplenomegaly</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  pancytopenia</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  splenic nodule</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  visceral leishmaniasis</kwd>
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                                                <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>Dalakta nodül</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  hepatosplenomegali</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  nedeni bilinmeyen ateş</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  pansitopeni</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  visseral leishmaniasis</kwd>
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