KALA-AZAR IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA - STUDY OF 24 PATIENTS

被引:21
作者
NAIK, SR
RAO, PN
DATTA, DV
MEHTA, SK
MAHAJAN, RC
MEHTA, S
CHHUTTANI, PN
机构
[1] POSTGRAD INST MED EDUC & RES, DEPT MED, CHANDIGARH 160012, INDIA
[2] POSTGRAD INST MED EDUC & RES, DEPT PAEDIAT, CHANDIGARH 160012, INDIA
[3] POSTGRAD INST MED EDUC & RES, DEPT MICROBIOL, CHANDIGARH 160012, INDIA
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10.1016/0035-9203(79)90131-7
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Twenty-four sporadic cases of kala-azar diagnosed over an 11-year period in a referral medical centre in north-western India are reported. Most of the patients were residents of non-endemic areas or where endemicity was low. Certain unusual clinical and laboratory features were seen in some of the cases, namely, lymphadenopathy, nasopharyngeal growth, acute and chronic hepatic involvement and portal hypertension. Awareness of the occurrence of the disease and of its protean modes of presentation was found to be an importanf factor in early diagnosis. © 1979 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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页码:61 / 65
页数:5
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