Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania guyanensis: Case of a patient with 425 lesions

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 558-560

  Couppie P ^a,b   Clyti, E ^a   Sainte Marie, D ^a   Dedet, J P ^c   Carme, B ^b,d   Pradinaud, R ^a,b  

^a Inst Guyanais de Dermatol Trop   (French Guiana)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; PAPULE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; SMEAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; NASO HEXACANTHUS; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10044234067     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.558     Document Type: Article

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