Isolation of Leishmania tropica from a patient with visceral leishmaniasis and disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, southern Iran.
We report a case visceral leishmaniasis with disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in southern Iran. Typing of this parasite was performed by a species-specific polymerase chain reaction and isoenzyme electrophoresis.
Alborzi
Abdolvahab
A
Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. alborziiraj2004@yahoo.com
Pouladfar
Gholam R
GR
Fakhar
Mahdi
M
Motazedian
Mohammad H
MH
Hatam
Gholam R
GR
Kadivar
Mohammad R
MR
D000293:Adolescent; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007492:Iran; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D008536:Meglumine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; C039128:miltefosine; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D000666:Amphotericin B; D007371:Interferon-gamma