| mediterranean leishmaniasis in hiv-infected patients: epidemiological, clinical, and diagnostic features of 22 cases. | twenty-two italian hiv-infected patients developed leishmaniasis, clinically manifested as visceral (13 cases), cutaneous (2 cases) and disseminated disease (7 cases). twenty were males and two females (mean age: 32.8 years) with a mean cd4+ cell count of 46.8/microliter at diagnosis; risk factors were intravenous drug use (17 patients) and sexual behaviour (two bisexual, two homosexual, one heterosexual). all but one patient lived or travelled in hypoendemic italian regions and other mediterran ... | 1998 | 9561378 |