Amebiasis cutis revisited

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 620-628

  Ramdial, Pratistadevi K ^a,c   Calonje, Eduardo ^b   Singh, Bhugwan ^a   Bagratee, Jayanthilall S ^a   Singh, Shivon M ^a   Sydney, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PENIS DISEASE; POLYP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM DISORDER; SKIN AMEBIASIS; SURVIVOR; THORAX; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROPHOZOITE; ULCER; VASCULITIS; VULVA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMEBIASIS; BIOPSY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34447327291     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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