Unusual histopathological features of cutaneous leishmaniasis identified by polymerase chain reaction specific for Leishmania on paraffin-embedded skin biopsies

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 815-819

  Boer A ^a   Blodorn Schlicht N ^a   Wiebels, D ^a   Steinkraus, V ^a   Falk, T M ^a  

^a DERMATOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Granulomatous dermatitis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sarcoidal; Tuberculoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE CYST; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEA; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

EID: 33748444203     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07365.x     Document Type: Article

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