Interest of Metronidazole in the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis [3];Intérêt du métronidazole dans le traitement de la leishmaniose cutanée

Therapie

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-69

  Masmoudi, Abderrahmen ^a   Dammak, Anis ^b   Bouassida, Samir ^b   Elleuch, Neila ^b   Akrout, Feryal ^b   Turki, Hamida ^b   Zahaf, Abdelmajid ^b  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Centre d'Hygiène de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania major; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249718947     PISSN: 00405957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2515/therapie:2006088     Document Type: Article

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