Haemoculture as a tool for diagnosing visceral leishmaniasis in HIV- negative and HIV-positive patients: Interest for parasite identification

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-206

  Dereure, J ^a   Pratlong, F ^a   Reynes, J ^b   Basset, D ^a   Bastien, P ^a   Dedet, J P ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HIV INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LEISHMANIASIS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; PARASITIC DISEASES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, STARCH GEL; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

EID: 0031799318     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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