title: Leishmaniasis in AIDS patients: results of leukocytoconcentration, a fast biological method of diagnosis.
abstract: Leukocytoconcentration is an easy, fast and inexpensive technique for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis from peripheral blood. The technique involves concentration of blood parasites on a small surface of a microscope slide while the red blood cells are removed by lysis. The results, compared with those of other methods (examination of cultures of blood samples and bone marrow smears), were very good and accurate. All but one of our cases of leishmaniasis were patients with HIV co-infection. Leukocytoconcentration facilitates follow-up of cases and fast detection of any relapse.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitology, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Izri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deniau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brière
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rivollet
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Petithory
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Houin
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rousset
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000097:blood* / Q000469:parasitology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000469:parasitology*