Double trypanosomal chancre revealing West African trypanosomiasis in a Frenchman living in Gabon;Chancres cutanés révélant une trypanosomose africaine à Trypanosoma brucei gambiense chez un résident français au Gabon

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-345

  Hope Rapp, E ^a   Moussa Coulibaly, O ^a   Klement, E ^a   Danis, M ^a   Bricaire, F ^a   Caumes, E ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Human African trypanosomiasis; Trypanosomal chancres; Trypanosomid

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEVER; GABON; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN ULCER; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHANCRE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PENTAMIDINE; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 64549098639     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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