Disseminated visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

The case of an AIDS patient with visceral leishmaniasis diagnosed by bone marrow and liver biopsy is reported. Despite the infrequent association between HIV infection and leishmaniasis pathologists and clinicians alike should be alerted to the possibility of leishmaniasis occurring as yet another opportunistic infection in the setting of HIV-induced immunodeficiency.