Relapse of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient with an infected subcutaneous rheumatoid nodule

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 914-917

  Vardy, Daniel A ^a,b   Cohen, A ^a,b   Kachko, L ^a,b   Zvulunov, A ^a,b   Frankenburg, S ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Rheumatoid nodule; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; PAROMOMYCIN; PREDNISONE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; OINTMENT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATOID NODULE;

EID: 0032713467     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03169.x     Document Type: Article

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