A case of cutaneous leishmaniasis presenting as facial cellulitis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 565-567

  Ceyhan, Ali M ^a   Basak, Pinar Y ^a   Yildirim, Mehmet ^a   Akkaya, Vahide B ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

AGED; AMASTIGOTE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FACIAL CELLULITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; LETTER; PAIN; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN REDNESS; COMPLICATION; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; SKIN DISEASE;

AGED; CELLULITIS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 77952750975     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00760.x     Document Type: Letter

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