title: Indirect immunofluorescence test in New World leishmaniasis: serological and clinical relationship.
abstract: The indirect immunofluorescence test (IF) for anti-Leishmania antibodies (IgG and IgM) was performed with sera from the following groups of individuals: 214 cutaneous leishmaniasis patients, 28 healthy subjects with positive Montenegro's skin test (MST), 29 healthy subjects with negative MST and 16 visceral leishmaniasis patients. The first four groups came from a suburban area of Rio de Janeiro (Jacarepaguá) where cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis is endemic. It was observed that IF-IgM titers were significantly higher amongst the cutaneous leishmaniasis patients with less than four months of disease as compared to those with longer periods and that IF-IgG titers were significantly higher in patients with multiple lesions as compared to those with single lesions. The visceral leishmaniasis patients had IF-IgG titers significantly higher than those from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients. A group of 28 individuals selected amongst the 214 cutaneous leishmaniasis patients had their IF-titers (IgG and IgM) compared to those of the two control groups of healthy subjects from the endemic area, respectively with positive and negative MST. Significantly higher titers of IF-IgG and IF-IgM were found in the group with active disease. The same group of patients showed IF-IgG titers significantly lower at the end of the antimonial therapy than those observed during this treatment.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Protozoologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marzochi
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000032:analysis*; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis; D012882:Skin Tests / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate