Imported cutaneous leishmaniasis in a short-term traveler returning from Central Mali - The role of PCR

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-100

  Kelly, Patrick ^a   Baudry, Thomas ^b   Peyron, François ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Imported; Leishmaniasis; Mali; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY; LIQUID NITROGEN; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MALI; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; TRAVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER HEALING;

ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MALI; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860352906     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.01.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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