Mutilating lupoid leishmaniasis: Twelve years to make the diagnosis!

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-189

  Ghosn, Samer ^a   Dahdah, Maurice J ^a   Kibbi, Abdul Ghani ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Lupoid leishmaniasis; Lupus vulgaris; Tuberculoid granulomatous dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CRYOTHERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LUPOID LEISHMANIASIS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMONY; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38549173617     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113292     Document Type: Article

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