A description of parasite-harbouring cells in localized lymphadenitis in dry type cutaneous leishmaniasis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-133

  Dabiri, S ^a   Meymandi, S S ^a   Nadji, M ^b   Kharazmi, A ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Clinical Pharmacology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Langerhans cells; Leishmania tropica; Lymphadenitis; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; LEISHMANIA; LYMPHADENITIS; MACROPHAGE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE;

FELIS CATUS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 0035947467     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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