Cutaneous lesions in patients with visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV infection

Journal of Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-268

  Postigo, C ^a   Llamas, R ^a   Zarco, C ^a   Rubio, R ^a   Pulido, F ^a   Costa, J R ^a   Iglesias, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ITRACONAZOLE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; ELBOW; FACE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; PAPULE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THIGH; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0031440023     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(97)93080-2     Document Type: Article

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