Cutaneous leishmaniasis in soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom highlights diagnostic and therapeutic options

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 977-987

  Willard, Robert J ^a   Jeffcoat, Anelia M ^a   Benson, Paul M ^b   Walsh, Douglas S ^c  

^a BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGY; DEVICE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IRAQ; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN SCAR; SMEAR; SOLDIER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TICK BITE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IRAQ; KENTUCKY; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR;

EID: 19644366362     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.01.109     Document Type: Article

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