Leishmaniose cutânea acidental Accidental cutaneous leishmaniasis

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Neuza Lima Dillon, Hamilton Ometto Stolf, Elizaide L. Alvarenga Yoshida, Mariangela E. Alencar Marques
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1993
• Subjects: Leishmaniose cutânea; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infecção acidental; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651993000400015; https://doaj.org/article/e28d209827094e1da68790631532072f

Os autores relatam o 3º caso de Leishmaniose acidental em laboratório, ocorrido em aluna do curso de Biologia, que contaminou-se por ocasião da passagem de formas amastigotas de Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis de hamster infectado para hamster são. Chamam atenção de que, apesar de usar toda proteção exigida, a aluna foi mordida pelo hamster são, havendo como conseqüência, ruptura da luva e contágio através do inóculo. The authors report the 3rd case of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to accidental contamination of a student of biological sciences during laboratory research. The inoculation ocurred when amastigotes of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from infected hamsters were injected in healthy animals. At this stage, the student had her glove bitten by a healthy hamster and the infection was probably conveyed by the direct contact of the inoculum with the skin.