Cutaneous leishmaniasis (leishmania tropica) in a German tourist after travel to Greece

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-222

  Berens Riha, Nicole ^a   Fleischmann, Erna ^a   Pratlong, Francine ^b   Bretzel, Gisela ^a   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ^a   Löscher, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; PAROMOMYCIN; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TOURISM; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PAROMOMYCIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649117759     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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