title: Usefulness of kDNA PCR in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis reactivation in co-infected patients.
abstract: It is important to develop new methods for diagnosing relapses in the co-infection of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV to enable earlier detection using less invasive methods. We report a case of a co-infected patient who had relapses after VL treatment, where the qualitative kDNA PCR showed a good performance. The kDNA PCR seems to be a useful tool for diagnosing VL and may be a good marker for predicting VL relapses after treatment of co-infected patients with clinical symptoms of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São PauloSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nicodemo
authors.forename: Valdir Sabbaga
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: Felipe Francisco
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Tuon
authors.forename: Regina Maia de
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Thelma Suely
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Okay
authors.forename: Lúcia Maria Almeida
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Braz
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D000328:Adult; D018105:DNA, Kinetoplast / Q000032:analysis*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D018105:DNA, Kinetoplast; D016054:DNA, Protozoan