Cutaneous leishmaniasis associated with visceral leishmaniasis in a case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-61

  Pourahmad, Morteza ^a   Hooshmand, Farhang ^a   Rahiminejad, Masood ^a  

^a Peymanieh Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG ABUSE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IRAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEINURIA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 58149280069     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03870.x     Document Type: Article

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