Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis secondary to lymphoedema: Two cases;Leishmaniose cutanée disséminée sur lymphœdème : deux cas

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-126

  Meziou, T J ^a   Chaabene H ^a   Masmoudi, A ^a   Boudaya, S ^a   Cheikhrouhou, H ^a   Bouassida, S ^a   Turki, H ^a  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Leishmaniasis; Lymph dema

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PANNICULITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

AGED; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 43049172008     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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