Dermatology Medical News about Leishmaniasis, Visceral

Become a Member Today!
Register

Most Viewed Abstracts

1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians

2. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income

3. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors

4. Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System

5. Doctors and the DEA Free full text

Your Article Summary

See Latest Articles

(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

Leishmania tropica-Induced Cutaneous and Presumptive Concomitant Viscerotropic Leishmaniasis With Prolonged Incubation
Archives of Dermatology, 09/24/09

Weiss F et al. – The authors describe a 17–year–old Afghani girl who had lived in the United States for 4 years and who presented with a 6–month history of pretibial ulcerations, 9.1–kg weight loss, abdominal pain, splenomegaly, and extreme fatigue. Histopathologic examination and culture with isoenzyme electrophoresis speciation of her skin lesions confirmed the presence of L tropica. The patient was treated with a 28–day course of intravenous pentavalent antimonial compound sodium stibogluconate with complete resolution of her systemic signs and symptoms and improvement of her pretibial ulcerations.

<< Previous
Patented natural avocado sugars modulate the HBD-2 expression in...

Next >>
The UV response of the skin: a review of the MAPK, NFkB and...