Pediatric visceral leishmaniasis in Western Sicily, Italy: A retrospective analysis of 111 cases

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 277-282

  Cascio, A ^a,c   Colomba, C ^a   Antinori, S ^a   Orobello, M ^a   Paterson, D ^b   Titone, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LEISHMANIA; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MEGLUMINE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICILY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036255389     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0707-3     Document Type: Article

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