Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in the Sudan: Clinical presentation and differential diagnosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 136-143

  Zijlstra, E E ^a   Khalil, E A G ^a   Kager, P A ^b   El Hassan, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Differential diagnosis; Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis; Sudan

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; SPLEEN SIZE; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUDAN;

EID: 0033914916     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03603.x     Document Type: Article

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