Visceral leishmaniasis: A trip to the Greek Islands is not always idyllic

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 446-447

  Ju, Oui ^a   Grove, David I ^a   Jaksic, Wilfrid J ^a   Dart, Geoffrey W ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CEFTAZIDIME; DNA ANTIBODY; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PAROMOMYCIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ROXITHROMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GREECE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SEROLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 7044233688     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06372.x     Document Type: Article

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