Parasitological diagnosis of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania b. braziliensis in Bolivia

Parasitological diagnosis, using staned smears, culture and pathological examination of biopsy, was studied in 146 patients infected with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, in Bolivia and Peru. The most efficient parasite detecting technique appeared to be the smear examination in cutaneous lesions (33 %...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Laure Dimier-David, Christophe David, Pierre Ravisse, Renato Bustillos, Susana Revollo, Philippe Lyèvre, Maruschka Munoz, Fernando Vargas, Jean-Pierre Dedet
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1991
Subjects:
Leishmaniose mucocutânea
Leishmania b. braziliensis
Diagnóstico
Parasita
Bolivia
Peru
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821991000400005
https://doaj.org/article/191bc042c19e450e8f94b3736f52fffd
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Summary:Parasitological diagnosis, using staned smears, culture and pathological examination of biopsy, was studied in 146 patients infected with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, in Bolivia and Peru. The most efficient parasite detecting technique appeared to be the smear examination in cutaneous lesions (33 % positive) and the pathology in case of mucous lesions (28 % positive). In both, cutaneous and mucous lesions, the parasites were found most frequently in old lesions.

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