Case report: Trypanosoma lewisi or T. lewisi-like infection in a 37-day-old Indian infant

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-224

  Verma, Archana ^a   Manchanda, Samiksha ^a   Kumar, Nirmal ^a   Sharma, Archna ^a   Goel, Masha ^a   Banerjee, Partha Sarathi ^b   Garg, Rajat ^b   Singh, Brahma Pal ^b   Balharbi, Fatima ^c   Lejon, Veerle ^c   Deborggraeve, Stijn ^c   Rana, Udai Veer Singh ^d   Puliyel, Jacob ^a  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d National Centre for Disease Control   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFTRIAXONE; LORAZEPAM; PENTAMIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SURAMIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; LETHARGY; LISTLESSNESS; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TONIC SEIZURE; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PENTAMIDINE; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 80051513760     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0002     Document Type: Article

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