Diagnostic performance of filter paper lesion impression PCR for secondarily infected ulcers and nonulcerative lesions caused by cutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1097-1100

  Boggild, Andrea K ^a   Ramos, Ana Pilar ^b   Valencia, Braulio Mark ^b   Veland, Nicolas ^b,c   Calderon, Flor ^b   Arevalo, Jorge ^b,c   Low, Donald E ^d,e   Llanos Cuentas, Alejandro ^b,f  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILTER PAPER LESION IMPRESSION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GEIMSA STAINED SMEAR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON CULTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SECONDARY INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; SMEAR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ULCER; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 79952343452     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02457-10     Document Type: Article

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