Two cases of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis in Australian travelers visiting Morocco

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 278-280

  Stewardson, Andrew J ^a   Leder, Karin ^b,c   Torresi, Joseph ^a,d   Johnson, Douglas F ^a,d  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIGRATION; MOROCCO; PRURITUS; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRAVEL;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACK; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; NOSE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954351835     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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