Unusual presentation of disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major: Case reports of four Iranian patients

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-336

  Hajjaran, H ^a   Mohebali, M ^a   Akhavan, A A ^a   Taheri, A ^b   Barikbin, B ^c   Soheila, Nassiri S ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Pediatric Surgery   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL); Iran; Leishmania major; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRESS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

EID: 84876714043     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(13)60066-8     Document Type: Article

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