Atypical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a renal transplant recipient successfully treated with allopurinol and fluconazole

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-191

  Yaich, Soumaya ^a   Charfeddine, Khaled ^a   Masmoudi, Abderrahmen ^b   Masmoudi, Mondher ^a   Zaghdhane, Sawssen ^a   Turki, Hamida ^b   Hachicha, Jamil ^a  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AZATHIOPRINE; FLUCONAZOLE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OXACILLIN; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84876854151     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.01.7.1510     Document Type: Article

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