Case report: A patient presenting with Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (DCL) as a first indicator of HIV infection in India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-65

  Khandelwal, Kanika ^a   Bumb, Ram Awatar ^a   Mehta, Rajesh Dutt ^a   Kaushal, Himanshu ^b   Lezama Davila, Claudio ^c   Salotra, Poonam ^b   Satoskar, Abhay R ^c  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; HEMOGLOBIN; LAMIVUDINE; RIFAMPICIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MACROPHAGE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 79960221468     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0649     Document Type: Article

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