Identification of Leishmania chagasi from skin in Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a case report.
A case of HIV/Leishmania co-infection presenting both visceral and cutaneous manifestations is reported. Leishmania infection was confirmed by conventional methods (parasitological approach and serology) and by PCR. Leishmania chagasi isolated from the skin lesion was characterized by enzyme electrophoresis and by restriction fragment length polymorphism of the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal gene.
Orsini
Marcela
M
Laboratório de Pesquisas Clínicas, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, orsini@cpqrr.ficruz.br.
Silva
Marcelo
M
Luz
Zélia Maria Profeta da
ZM
Disch
Jolandt
J
Fernandes
Octávio
O
Moreira
Dalton
D
Guedes
Antonio Carlos Martins
AC
Rabello
Ana
A
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007891:Leishmania / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000150:complications*