Sensitivity of Lymph Node Aspiration in Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-511

  Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra ^a   Sampaio, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro ^a   De Oliveira Macêdo, Vanize ^a   Marsden, Philip Davis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Lymph node culture; Lymphadenopathy; Skin ulcer culture

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033159280     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000400015     Document Type: Article

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