Localized cutaneous leishmaniasis imported into Paris: A review of 39 cases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-125

  El Hajj, Lise ^a   Thellier, Marc ^a   Carrière, Jean ^a   Bricaire, François ^a   Danis, Martin ^a   Caumes, Eric ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PAROMOMYCIN; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BUTTOCK; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EOSINOPHILIA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUBSPECIES; THORAX PAIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIS; PENTAMIDINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342269138     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.01991.x     Document Type: Article

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