Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum: Case reports and literature review

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-198

  Del Giudice, Pascal ^a,b   Marty, Pierre ^a   Lacour, Jean Philippe ^a   Perrin, Christophe ^a   Pratlong, Francine ^c   Haas, Hervé ^b   Dellamonica, Pierre ^b   Le Fichoux, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b Ctr Hosp Inter Communal Frejus S   (France)

^c Lab d'Ecologie Med Pathol P   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE; PAROMOMYCIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROMOMYCIN;

EID: 0031909739     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.2.193     Document Type: Article

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