Congenital visceral leishmaniasis in Ukraine: Case report

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-164

  Zinchuk, A ^a   Nadraga, A ^a  

^a DANYLO HALYTSKY LVIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMASTIGOTE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PALLOR; PETECHIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; UKRAINE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEAKNESS;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SPAIN; UKRAINE;

EID: 77952906980     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532810X12703902516400     Document Type: Article

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