Leishmania tropica-induced cutaneous and presumptive concomitant viscerotropic leishmaniasis with prolonged incubation

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1023-1026

  Weiss, Francesca ^a   Vogenthaler, Nicholas ^a   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^a   Parker, Sareeta R S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCURRENT INFECTION; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ULCER; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPLENOMEGALY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349331069     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.181     Document Type: Article

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