Leishmania infection in a 51-year-old woman with sarcoidosis: Case report

APMIS

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 825-827

  Chianura, Leonardo ^a   Cirasino, Lorenzo ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Leishmaniasis; Opportunistic infection; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33750537054     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_484.x     Document Type: Article

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