A total of eighty-one consecutive cases of @entity234 admitted in all four medicine units of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital during the period from January 2002 to mid August 2002 were included in this study. The number of the @entity1 clearly indicates that the burden of @entity234 in this region is significant and expanding, which constituted 1.90% of total admission in all 4 medicine units during this period. Majority of the @entity1 were of 20-29 years of age. Male to female ratio was 1.38:1. Maximum number of the @entity1 were of poor socio-economic group with history of housing made up of mud and having close proximity with @entity291 house. Fever and @entity381 (100%) were the predominant features. @entity382 was found in 91.36% of the cases. Other clinical manifestations were @entity353 (79.01%), normal or increased appetite (65.43%), generalized weakness (72.84%), pallor (69.13%), cough (25.92%), @entity1087 (17.28%), abdominal @entity158 (12.34%), @entity2117 (9.88%), @entity843 (4.94%) and @entity548 manifestations (4.94%). Notable concomitant illnesses were @entity293 (7.40%), @entity1907 (3.70%), @entity311 (1.23%), @entity1908 (4.94%), @entity712 (3.70%) and @entity409 (2.47%). Due to wide diversity of clinical presentations, clinical features of @entity234 should be evaluated in details which will pave the hidden cases into light.

Clinical profile of XXXX in adults: as seen in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity712 :: ('MESH:D006333', 'Disease') :: ['heart failure'] @entity353 :: ('MESH:D015431', 'Disease') :: ['weight loss'] @entity1087 :: ('MESH:D007565', 'Disease') :: ['jaundice'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['bleeding'] @entity2117 :: ('MESH:D017495', 'Disease') :: ['hyperpigmentation'] @entity234 :: ('MESH:D007898', 'Disease') :: ['kala-azar', 'Kala-azar'] @entity843 :: ('MESH:D001201', 'Disease') :: ['ascites'] @entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['chronic liver disease'] @entity1908 :: ('MESH:D012532', 'Disease') :: ['scabies'] @entity381 :: ('MESH:D013163', 'Disease') :: ['splenomegaly'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain'] @entity382 :: ('MESH:D006529', 'Disease') :: ['Hepatomegaly'] @entity311 :: ('MESH:D008288', 'Disease') :: ['malaria'] @entity291 :: ('9913', 'Species') :: ['cattle'] @entity293 :: ('MESH:D014552', 'Disease') :: ['urinary tract infection'] @entity1907 :: ('MESH:D014397', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary tuberculosis']
@entity234 :: (MESH:D007898,Disease) :: ['Kala-azar']
