Gastric and cutaneous dissemination of visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with advanced HIV

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-113

  Balkhair, Abdullah ^a   Abid, Fatma Ben ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANOREXIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; DYSPHAGIA; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RETINITIS; SEPSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ESOPHAGUS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; STOMACH;

EID: 37349080921     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.04.009     Document Type: Letter

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