Visceral involvement due to Leishmania mexicana in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [8]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 260-262

  Nocito, Isabel ^a   Serra, Esteban ^a   Montero, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHLOROFORM; DNA; PHENOL; PROTEINASE K; RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATOMEGALY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE INJURY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; SKIN DEFECT; SPAIN; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0037101985     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(02)01206-8     Document Type: Letter

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