Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report

A case of HIV/Leishmania co-infection presenting both visceral and cutaneous manifestations is reported. Leishmania infection was confirmed by conventional methods (parasitological approach and serology) and by PCR. Leishmania chagasi isolated from the skin lesion was characterized by enzyme electro...

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Main Authors: Marcela Orsini, Marcelo Silva, Zélia Maria Profeta da Luz, Jolandt Disch, Octávio Fernandes, Dalton Moreira, Antonio Carlos Martins Guedes, Ana Rabello
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002
Subjects:
Leishmania
HIV
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/154e802dfb454bd1bdc6bc2583569720
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Summary:A case of HIV/Leishmania co-infection presenting both visceral and cutaneous manifestations is reported. Leishmania infection was confirmed by conventional methods (parasitological approach and serology) and by PCR. Leishmania chagasi isolated from the skin lesion was characterized by enzyme electrophoresis and by restriction fragment length polymorphism of the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal gene.

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