title: Parasitological diagnosis of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania b. braziliensis in Bolivia.
abstract: Parasitological diagnosis, using stained smears, culture and pathological examination of biopsy, was studied in 146 patients infected with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, in Bolivia and Peru. The most efficient parasite detecting technique appeared to be the smear examination in cutaneous lesions (33% positive) and the pathology in case of mucous lesions (28% positive). In both, cutaneous and mucous lesions, the parasites were found most frequently in old lesions.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura, Hospital das Clínicas, La Paz.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dimier-David
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ravisse
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bustillos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Revollo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lyèvre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dedet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001838:Bolivia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods