Unusual presentation of visceral leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent patient;Mode de révélation inhabituel d'une leishmaniose viscérale chez un sujet immunocompetent

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-169

  Bel Haj Salah, M ^a   Mekni, A ^a   Khanfir, M ^a   Bellil, K ^a   Benhaha Bellil, S ^a   Chelly, I ^a   Kchir, N ^a   Haouet, S ^a   Zitouna, M M ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Duodenal biopsy; Tunisia; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARASITE; SEROLOGY; TUNISIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; DUODENUM; FATALITY; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; DUODENUM; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SPLENOMEGALY; TUNISIA;

EID: 33646149737     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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