The histological spectrum of non-granulomatous localized mucosal leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 689-694

  Cobo, F ^a   Aliaga, L ^a   Talavera, P ^a   Concha, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 36849010623     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X229095     Document Type: Article

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