Co-infection of mucosal leishmaniasis and extra pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with inherent immune deficiency

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 549-551

  Rathnayake, Deepani ^a   Ranawake, Ranthilaka R ^b   Sirimanna, Ganga ^a   Siriwardhane, Yamuna ^c   Karunaweera, Nadeera ^c   De Silva, Rajiv ^d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Anuradhapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; ANTIMONY GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISTAXIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUTH ULCER; MYOSITIS; NOSE SEPTUM ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 77953095698     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04376.x     Document Type: Article

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