Diagnostic considerations on visceral leishmaniasis. Two case reports

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 176-178

  Pasticci, Maria Bruna ^a   Papili, Rita ^a   Menichetti, Francesco ^a   Ballanti, Stelvio ^a   Ottaviani, Letizia ^a   Tabilio, Antonio ^a   Stagni, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunocompetent patients; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0036394485     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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