Non-invasive cytology brush pcr diagnostic testing in mucosal leishmaniasis: Superior performance to conventional biopsy with histopathology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA   (Peru)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSAL LEISHMANIASIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NOSE MUCOSA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PERU; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; STANDARD;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 80055051716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026395     Document Type: Article

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