Case report: First case of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in Suriname

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 825-827

  Hu, Ricardo V P F ^a,d,f   Kent, Alida D ^b,d,f   Adams, Emily R ^c,d,f   Van Der Veer, Charlotte ^c,d,f   Sabajo, Leslie O A ^a,d,f   Mans, Dennis R A ^b   De Vries, Henry J C ^d,e,f   Schallig, Henk D F H ^c,d,f   Lai A Fat, Rudy F M ^d,f  

^a Ministry of Health   (Suriname)

^b ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^f Academic Hospital   (Suriname)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PENTAMIDINE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; GIEMSA STAIN; GUYANA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; SURINAME; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS;

ADULT; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; PENTAMIDINE; SURINAME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861830076     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0728     Document Type: Article

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