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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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:154e802dfb454bd1bdc6bc2583569720 2023-05-15T14:56:01+02:00 Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report Marcela Orsini Marcelo Silva Zélia Maria Profeta da Luz Jolandt Disch Octávio Fernandes Dalton Moreira Antonio Carlos Martins Guedes Ana Rabello 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/154e802dfb454bd1bdc6bc2583569720 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000300011&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/154e802dfb454bd1bdc6bc2583569720 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 35, Iss 3, Pp 259-262 (2002) Leishmania HIV Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2002 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T23:23:27Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic
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topic Leishmania
HIV
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
spellingShingle Leishmania
HIV
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Marcela Orsini
Marcelo Silva
Zélia Maria Profeta da Luz
Jolandt Disch
Octávio Fernandes
Dalton Moreira
Antonio Carlos Martins Guedes
Ana Rabello
Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report
topic_facet Leishmania
HIV
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Marcela Orsini
Marcelo Silva
Zélia Maria Profeta da Luz
Jolandt Disch
Octávio Fernandes
Dalton Moreira
Antonio Carlos Martins Guedes
Ana Rabello
author_facet Marcela Orsini
Marcelo Silva
Zélia Maria Profeta da Luz
Jolandt Disch
Octávio Fernandes
Dalton Moreira
Antonio Carlos Martins Guedes
Ana Rabello
author_sort Marcela Orsini
title Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report
title_short Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report
title_full Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report
title_fullStr Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report
title_sort identification of leishmania chagasi from skin in leishmania/hiv co-infection: a case report
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
publishDate 2002
url https://doaj.org/article/154e802dfb454bd1bdc6bc2583569720
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op_source Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 35, Iss 3, Pp 259-262 (2002)
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