Case report: Leishmaniasis in the tongue of an immunocompetent man

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-599

  Leitner, Verena ^a   Weingast, Jessika ^a   Harmankaya, Kaan ^a   Walochnik, Julia ^a,b   Pehamberger, Hubert ^a   Petzelbauer, Peter ^a   Auer, Herbert ^a,b   Binder, Michael ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; FATIGUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; TONGUE ULCER; ULCER HEALING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; TONGUE DISEASE; TRAVEL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TONGUE DISEASES; TRAVEL;

EID: 77950920917     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0698     Document Type: Article

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