Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis in an HIV-positive patient in western Africa

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-34

  Niamba, Pascal ^a,b   Goumbri Lompo, Olga ^a   Traoré, Adama ^a   Barro Traoré, Fatou ^a   Soudré, Robert T ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Burkina Faso)

^b NONE   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Meglumine antimoniate

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEPROSY; PAPULAR RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33845974087     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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