Cutaneous leishmaniasis and rickettsial African tick-bite fever: A combination of exotic traveler's diseases in the same patient

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 960-963

  Schwartz, Robert A ^a   Kapila, Rajendra ^a   McElligott, Sean C ^a   Atkin, Suzanne H ^a   Lambert, W C ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COUGHING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALARIA; MASTECTOMY; NIGHT SWEAT; NURSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROMASTIGOTE; PUNCH BIOPSY; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; RICKETTSIAL AFRICAN TICK-BITE FEVER; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84864012605     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05362.x     Document Type: Article

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