Multiple lesions cutaneous leishmaniasis after a stay of Central America;Leishmaniosi cutanea a lesioni multiple dopo un soggiorno in America Centrale

Minerva Medica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 249-251

  Calleri, G ^a   Lipani, F ^a   Gaiotttino, F ^a   Caramello, P ^b  

^a AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

antimony; diagnosis, differential; ketoconazole; leishmaniasis, cutaneous

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; KETOCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COSTA RICA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 0029982611     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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