A rare case of leishmaniasis recidiva cutis evolving for 31 years caused by Leishmania tropica

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 588-589

  Stefanidou, Maria P ^a,b   Antoniou, Maria ^a   Koutsopoulos, Athanassios V ^a   Neofytou, Yiannakis T ^a   Krasagakis, Konstantinos ^a   Krüger Krasagakis, Sabine ^a   Tselentis, Yiannis ^a   Tosca, Adroniki D ^a  

^a Geographical Medicine Heraklion   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; LIQUID NITROGEN; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS RECIDIVA CUTIS; LYMPHOCYTE; PAPULE; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCAR; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ZYGOMA;

ANIMALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; SKIN;

EID: 43549115909     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03240.x     Document Type: Article

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