Mixed mucosal leishmaniasis infection caused by Leishmania tropica and leishmania major

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3805-3808

  Shirian, Sadegh ^a   Oryan, Ahmad ^a   Hatam, Gholam Reza ^b   Daneshbod, Yahya ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Dr Daneshbod Pathology Laboratory Tehran   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOLOGY; DNA EXTRACTION; ERYTHEMA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MIXED MUCOSAL LEISHMANIASIS; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; COINFECTION; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84867499380     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01469-12     Document Type: Article

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