An Australian case of new world cutaneous leishmaniasis

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 315-317

  Konecny, Pamela ^a,b   Stark, Damien J ^c  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; UREA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INSECT BITE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; PAPULE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; PUNCH BIOPSY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34047224660     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00910.x     Document Type: Article

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