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Table 4 Clinical manifestations in 30 renal transplant recipients with post-transplantation visceral leishmaniasis

From: Epidemiologic, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in renal transplant recipients: experience from thirty cases

Variable

n(%)

P-value *

Fever

  

 Yes

21 (70.0)

0.043

 No

9 (30.0)

 

Weight loss

  

 Yes

30 (100.0)

-

 No

0 (0.0)

 

Skin lesions

  

 Yes

25 (83.3)

0.000

 No

5 (16.7)

 

Splenomegaly

  

 Yes

28 (93.3)

0.000

 No

2 (6.7)

 

Hepatomegaly

  

 Yes

21 (70.0)

0.043

 No

9 (30.0)

 

Active bleeding of the digestive tract mucosae

  

 Yes

7 (23.3)

0.005

 No

23 (66.7)

 

Jaundice

  

 Yes

6 (20.0)

0.001

 No

22 (80.0)

 

Pale skin and mucosae

  

 Yes

21 (70.0)

0.043

 No

9 (30.0)

 

Weakness and myalgia

  

 Yes

23 (76.7)

0.005

 No

7 (23.3)

 

Diarrhea

  

 Yes

26 (86.7)

0.000

 No

4 (13.3)

 

Fluids in visceral cavities

  

 Yes

20 (66.7)

 

 No

10 (33.3)

0.099

  1. *χ2 test.
  2. Categorical variables are reported as n (%).