Visceral leishmaniasis masquerading as tuberculosis in a patient with AIDS

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 890, 1999, Pages 732-734

  Yaduvanshi, Amitabh ^a   Jain, Meenakshi ^a   Jain, S K ^a,b   Jain, Shyama ^a   Arora, Suneet ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Hydantoin; Hypersensitivity; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 6544262540     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.890.732     Document Type: Article

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