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| Thomaz-Soccol,Andréa; Mocellin,Marcos; Mulinari,Fabiane; Castro,Edilene Alcântara de; Queiroz-Telles,Flávio de; Alcântara,Fernanda de Souza; Bavaresco,Marcello Tortelli; Hennig,Luciane; Andraus,Anielo; Luz,Ennio; Thomaz-Soccol,Vanete. |
| The aim of the present work was to study the clinical aspects and relevance of molecular diagnosis in late mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Parana, Brazil. Twenty one suspected cases of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) in patients from the endemic areas of leishmaniasis were assessed. Different methods used in diagnosing the disease and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique were compared in order to establish the sensitivity of each method. Out of the 21 patients analyzed, 14.3% presented other etiologies such as vasculitis, syphilis, and paracoccidioidomycosis, with all tests negative for leishmaniasis. Out of the remaining 15 patients, 6.7% cases were confirmed for leishmaniasis by direct examination; 46.67% were positive for culture,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; Molecular diagnosis; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000300008 |
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