Primary cutaneous amebiasis with a fatal outcome

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 398-400

  Al Daraji, Wael Ismail ^a   Dis, Dip Inf ^a   Ilyas, Mohammed ^a   Robson, Alistair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Cutaneous; Fatal; Primary

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER ABSCESS; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; DYSENTERY; LIVER AMEBIASIS; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; METRONIDAZOLE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 51149121919     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816bf3c7     Document Type: Article

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