Visceral leishmaniasis with concomittant post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis responds to oral sitamaquine: case report
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- DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v80i8.8738
Visceral leishmaniasis with concomittant post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis responds to oral sitamaquine: case report
Abstract
We report a rare case of visceral leishmanisis with concomitant post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis as the initial presentation in a female patient from Baringo district, Rift valley province, Kenya.
Comment in
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Microbial infections in the twenty first century: a continuous challenge.East Afr Med J. 2003 Aug;80(8):393-4. doi: 10.4314/eamj.v80i8.8727. East Afr Med J. 2003. PMID: 14601777 No abstract available.
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