Diffuse cutaneous infection caused by a presumed monoxenous trypanosomatid in a patient infected with HIV.
A patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus developed a diffuse cutaneous nodular syndrome. The parasite isolated from a skin nodule was studied by isoenzymatic characterization and transmission electron microscopy of both culture forms and those in the patient's skin biopsy. The parasite's ultrastructure was that of a typical member of the family Trypanosomatidae, but it differed isoenzymatically from all 'new and 'old World' species of Leishmania, Trypanosoma and Sauroleishmania. We believe that it was a (presumably) monoxenous 'lower trypanosomatid.
Dedet
J P
JP
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Médicale et Pathologie Parasitaire, Faculté de Médecine, Montpellier, France.
Roche
B
B
Pratlong
F
F
Cales-Quist
D
D
Jouannelle
J
J
Benichou
J C
JC
Huerre
M
M
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014351:Trypanosomatina / Q000145:classification / Q000648:ultrastructure*