Immunoperoxidase technique using an anti-Leishmania (L.) chagasi hyperimmune serum in the diagnosis of culture-confirmed American tegumentary leishmaniasis Técnica da imunoperoxidase utilizando um soro hiperimune anti-Leishmania (L.) chagasi no diagnóstico da leishmaniose tegumentar americana confirmada por cultura

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Leonardo P. Quintella, Tullia Cuzzi, Maria de F. Madeira, Thais Okamoto, Armando de O. Schubach
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2009
• Subjects: Leishmaniasis; Cutaneous; Diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Boa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652009000200005; https://doaj.org/article/c9b68caf539d428083211186b11c8d5c

The present study reports the production of the rabbit anti-Leishmania (L.) chagasi hyperimmune serum, the standardization of the immunohistochemistry (IHC) technique and the evaluation of its employment in cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) lesions diagnosed by Leishmania sp. culture isolation. Thirty fr...