Case report: Autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patient: The first in Thailand and review of the literature

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-8

  Suankratay, Chusana ^a   Suwanpimolkul, Gompol ^a   Wilde, Henry ^b   Siriyasatien, Padet ^b  

^a KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 18S; STAVUDINE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DRINKING; EDEMA; FEVER; FISHERMAN; FOOT EDEMA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINURIA; RNA GENE; SMOKING; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREMIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THAILAND;

EID: 74049137843     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0434     Document Type: Article

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