Post-treatment fulminant hepatic failure in an infant with Visceral leishmaniasis: Immune injury or stibogluconate toxicity?

摘要

Sir,Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is a rare occurrence in Visceral leishmaniasis (VL).FHF developing after successful leishmanicidal therapy is further rare with only one case reported till date.2 We report an infant with VL who developed fatal FHF towards end of stibogluconate treatment after satisfactory response.