Leishmania infantum leishmaniasis in corticosteroid-treated patients

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pittalis, Silvia ^a   Nicastri, Emanuele ^a   Spinazzola, Francesco ^a   Ghirga, Piero ^a   De Marco, Michele ^a   Paglia, Maria Grazia ^a   Narciso, Pasquale ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CORTICOSTEROID; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHEILITIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LIP BIOPSY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ORAL BIOPSY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 33846479400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-177     Document Type: Article

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