Atypical presentation of Old-World cutaneous leishmaniasis, diagnosis and species identification by PCR

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 958-962

  Karamian, M ^a   Motazedian, M H ^a   Fakhar, M ^b   Pakshir, K ^a   Jowkar, F ^a   Rezanezhad, H ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Beheshti Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atypical; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Kinetoplast DNA; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 52249121404     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02674.x     Document Type: Article

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