Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in HIV-positive patients: A study of two cases

Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-44

  Shah, Sejal ^a   Shah, Aditya ^a   Prajapati, Sachin ^a   Bilimoria, Freny ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Department   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; Leishman Donovan bodies; post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOPLASM; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN NODULE; SMEAR; STAIN;

EID: 77956831663     PISSN: 02537184     EISSN: 19983816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.69001     Document Type: Article

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