Misdiagnosis and mistreatment of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  El Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed ^a   Khalil, Eltahir Awad Gasim ^a   Elamin, Waleed Mohamed ^a   El Hassan, Lamyaa Ahmed Mohamed ^a   Ahmed, Mogtaba Elsaman ^a   Musa, Ahmed Mudawi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; METHOTREXATE; PAROMOMYCIN; PEROXIDASE; STEROID; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PAPULE; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMA CELL; POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN NODULE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 85015534485     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/351579     Document Type: Article

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