Importation of visceral leishmaniasis in returning Romanian workers from Spain

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-39

  Neghina, Raul ^a   Neghina, Adriana Maria ^a   Merkler, Carmen ^b   Marincu, Iosif ^a   Moldovan, Roxana ^a   Iacobiciu, Ioan ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Dr Merkler Private Family Medicine Office   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bone marrow biopsy; Giemsa stained blood smears; Mediterranean countries; Travel history

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CORTICOSTEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TRAVEL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROMANIA; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58549108188     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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