Cutaneous involvement in a rare case of adult visceral leishmaniasis acquired in Israel

Journal of Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-184

  Ben Ami, R ^a   Schnur, L F ^b   Golan, Y ^a   Jaffe, C L ^b   Mardi, T ^a   Zeltser, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEVER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PARASITE ISOLATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0036556507     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2002.0953     Document Type: Article

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