Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report.

نویسندگان

  • Marcela Orsini
  • Marcelo Silva
  • Zélia Maria Profeta da Luz
  • Jolandt Disch
  • Octávio Fernandes
  • Dalton Moreira
  • Antonio Carlos Martins Guedes
  • Ana Rabello
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

دوره 35 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002