Cultures on NNN medium for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis;Les cultures sur milieu NNN dans le diagnostic biologique des leishmanioses

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-224

  Chouihi, E ^a   Amri, F ^b   Bouslimi, N ^a   Siala, E ^a,c   Selmi, K ^a   Zallagua, N ^c   Ben Abdallah, R ^a,c   Bouratbine, A ^a,c   Aoun, K ^a,c  

^a Laboratoire de recherche 05 SP 03 parasitoses émergentes   (Tunisia)

^b Hopital Regional de Kairouan   (Tunisia)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cultures; Diagnosis; Leishmaniosis; NNN medium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TUNISIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 64949119291     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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