A comparative study of the diagnosis of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iraq by polymerase chain reaction and microbiologic and histopathologic methods

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 404-408

  Al hucheimi, Sundus Nsaif ^a   Sultan, Baqur A ^a   Al Dhalimi, Muhsin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KUFA   (Iraq)

^b NONE   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAQ; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249085462     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03903.x     Document Type: Article

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