Short report: Treatment failure due to mixed infection by different strains of the parasite Leishmania infantum

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-72

  Antoniou, Maria ^a   Doulgerakis, C ^b   Pratlong, F ^c   Dedet, J P ^c   Tselentis, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; GREECE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PROMASTIGOTE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3142615276     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.71     Document Type: Article

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