Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1178-1180

  Stark, D ^a   Pett, S ^a   Marriott, D ^a   Harkness, J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 33644888852     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1178-1180.2006     Document Type: Article

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