Sensitivity of a Vacuum Aspiratory Culture Technique for Diagnosis of Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Transmission

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 505-508

  Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra ^a   Sampaio, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro ^a   De Oliveira Macêdo, Vanize ^a   Marsden, Philip Davis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culture sensitivity; Fungal contamination; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Vacuum aspiratory technique

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAZIL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033161271     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000400014     Document Type: Article

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