Case report: Expansion of visceral leishmaniasis to the western hilly part of Nepal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-108

  Pandey, Basu Dev ^a,b   Pun, Sher Bahadur ^a,b   Kaneko, Osamu ^c   Pandey, Kishor ^b   Hirayama, Kenji ^c  

^a Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^b NEPAL INTERNATIONAL CLINIC   (Nepal)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; AMASTIGOTE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MALE; NEPAL; RELAPSE; SPLEEN SIZE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NEPAL;

EID: 79952267474     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0291     Document Type: Article

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