Case report: Autochthonous disseminated dermal and visceral leishmaniasis in an AIDS patient, Southern Thailand, caused by Leishmania siamensis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-824

  Bualert, Lertwut ^a   Charungkiattikul, Wiwat ^a   Thongsuksai, Paramee ^b   Mungthin, Mathirut ^c   Siripattanapipong, Suradej ^c   Khositnithikul, Rommanee ^c   Naaglor, Tawee ^c   Ravel, Christophe ^d   El Baidouri, Fouad ^d   Leelayoova, Saovanee ^c  

^a Trang Hospital   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^d University de Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; EFAVIRENZ; FLUCONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; AMASTIGOTE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; SEIZURE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN NODULE; THAILAND; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEVIRAPINE; PHYLOGENY; STAVUDINE; THAILAND;

EID: 84861812698     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0707     Document Type: Article

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