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At the time of PKDL appearance, the patient was virologically suppressed but had failed to restore an adequate CD4+ T-cell count. Histology of skin lesions revealed the presence of a granulomatous infiltrate, with lymphocytes, plasma cells, and macrophages, most of which contained<jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic>amastigotes. Restriction fragment length polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction was positive for<jats:italic>Leishmania infantum<\/jats:italic>. Paradoxically, cutaneous lesions markedly improved when a new relapse of VL occurred. The patient received meglumine antimoniate, with a rapid clinical response and complete disappearance of cutaneous rash. Unfortunately, the patient had several relapses of VL over the following years, though the interval between them has become wider after restarting maintenance therapy with L-AMB 4\u2009mg\/kg\/day once a month. 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