Evaluation of a microculture method for isolation of Leishmania parasites from cutaneous lesions of patients in Peru

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3680-3684

  Boggild, Andrea K ^a,f   Miranda Verastegui, Cesar ^b   Espinosa, Diego ^b   Arevalo, Jorge ^b,c   Adaui, Vanessa ^b   Tulliano, Gianfranco ^b   Llanos Cuentas, Alejandro ^b,d   Low, Donald E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d Organismo Andino de Salud   (Peru)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; SMEAR; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

BOVINAE;

EID: 36349030373     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01286-07     Document Type: Article

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