Current clinical, laboratory, and treatment outcome characteristics of visceral leishmaniasis: results from a seven-year retrospective study in Greece

Current clinical, laboratory, and treatment outcome characteristics of visceral leishmaniasis: results from a seven-year retrospective study in Greece

Objectives: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is re-emerging in endemic areas. The epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and treatment outcome characteristics in a large cohort of VL patients is described herein. Methods: The cases of 67 VL patients (57% male, mean age 56 years) treated in two Greek hosp...

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Main Authors: Sarah P. Georgiadou, Aggelos Stefos, Gregory Spanakos, Stergios Skrimpas, Konstantinos Makaritsis, Nikolaos V. Sipsas, George N. Dalekos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Visceral leishmaniasis
Parasite
Liposomal amphotericin
Haemophagocytic syndrome
PCR
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215000594

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