Female patient, 29 age, married, lives in Ha Long. Admitted of hospital 16/03/2001. Reason for admitted hospital: prolonged fever symtoms: splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, enlargement of the lymph glands, anemia, purpura. Investigation: thrombocytopenia, hypohemoglobin, hyperglobulin, HIV positive. Hypermacrophages were indentidied by microsscopy in the bone marrow smear: parasites in macrophages look like Amastigote of Leishmania parasites in the atlas (the morphology of human blood cells- abbott laboratories). Born marrow cultured in NNN medium: identidied promastigote. Diagnosis: visceral Leishmaniaxsis. It was confirmed by Karolinska hospital of Sweden, China, Singapore, Australia. This is first case indentified in Vietnam
Leishmaniasis, Visceral ; Leishmania donovani