Concurrent cutaneous, visceral and ocular leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in a kidney transplant patient

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 751-753

  Gontijo, Célia M F ^a   Pacheco, Raquel S ^a   Oréfice, Fernando ^b   Lasmar, Euler ^b   Silva, Eduardo S ^c   Melo, Maria Norma ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Materdei Hospital   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cutaneous, visceral and ocular leishmaniasis; Kidney transplant; Leishmania braziliensis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE INFECTION; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

EID: 0036633055     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000500029     Document Type: Article

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