Sporotrichoid cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia: a clinical and histological study;Forme sporotrichoïde de leishmaniose cutanée en Tunisie : étude clinique et histologique

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-67

  Masmoudi, A ^a   Ayadi, N ^a   Khabir, A ^b   Bouzid, L ^a   Bouassida, S ^a   Meziou, T J ^a   Akrout, F ^a   Zahaf, A ^a   Boudawara, T ^b   Turki, H ^a  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Leishmania major; Sporotrichoid leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMA CELL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUNISIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MEGLUMINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TUNISIA;

EID: 43049162906     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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