title: [Epidemiologic and parasitologic data concerning sporadic cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Tunisia].
abstract: This study refers to 23 patients presenting with the sporadic forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis encountered in northern most humid parts of Tunisia. Culture inoculation for parasitic isolation was processed using two media: the classical NNN and a rabbit serum based medium (SLC). Cultures were positive in 17 cases with SLC medium and 13 cases with NNN medium. Eight isolates were typed using 15 isoenzymes systems. Six isolates were identified as Leishmania infantum MON-24 which confirms the crucial role of this zymodeme in causing this form of cutaneous leishmaniasis. The other two isolates were identified as Leishmania infantum MON-1, which is the principal agent of visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean area.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie clinique, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouratbine
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Harrat
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Guizani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bel Hadj Ali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Osman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkaïd
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dellagi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben Ismaïl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011817:Rabbits; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D007527:Isoenzymes
vernacular_title: Données épidémiologiques et parasitologiques concernant la leishmaniose cutanée sporadique du nord tunisien.