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

• 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

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.