Contribution of molecular diagnosis to the management of cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Lavergne, R A ^a,b,c,d   Iriart, X ^a,b,c,d   Martin Blondel, G ^a,b,c,d   Chauvin, P ^a   Menard, S ^b,c,d   Fillaux, J ^a,e   Cassaing, S ^a,e   Roques Malecaze, C ^a   Arnaud, S ^a   Valentin, A ^a,e   Magnaval, J F ^d,f   Marchou, B ^a   Berry, A ^a,b,c,d  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e Hôpital Purpan   (France)

^f Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Diagnosis; Leishmaniasis; PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; PENTAMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906790796     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12487     Document Type: Article

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