https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/18028
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dc.contributor.author | Benicio, Ednelza de Almeida | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gadelha, Ellen Pricilla Nunes | - |
dc.contributor.author | Talhari, Anette Chrusciak | - |
dc.contributor.author | Silva Junior, Roberto Moreira da | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ferreira, Luis Carlos | - |
dc.contributor.author | Santos, Mayara Cristina Cordeiro dos | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mira, Marcelo Távora | - |
dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, Cintia Mara Costa de | - |
dc.contributor.author | Talhari, Carolina Chrusciak | - |
dc.contributor.author | Talhari, Sinésio | - |
dc.contributor.author | Machado, Paulo Roberto Lima | - |
dc.contributor.author | Schriefer, Nicolaus Albert Borges | - |
dc.creator | Benicio, Ednelza de Almeida | - |
dc.creator | Gadelha, Ellen Pricilla Nunes | - |
dc.creator | Talhari, Anette Chrusciak | - |
dc.creator | Silva Junior, Roberto Moreira da | - |
dc.creator | Ferreira, Luis Carlos | - |
dc.creator | Santos, Mayara Cristina Cordeiro dos | - |
dc.creator | Mira, Marcelo Távora | - |
dc.creator | Oliveira, Cintia Mara Costa de | - |
dc.creator | Talhari, Carolina Chrusciak | - |
dc.creator | Talhari, Sinésio | - |
dc.creator | Machado, Paulo Roberto Lima | - |
dc.creator | Schriefer, Nicolaus Albert Borges | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-19T17:03:40Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-19T17:03:40Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0365-0596 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/18028 | - |
dc.description | p. 1141-1144 | pt_BR |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: The Amazon region corresponds to approximately 40% of the cases of leishmaniasis in Brazil. We report a prospective study with 180 patients conducted in a health care unit that diagnoses 10% of the cases of leishmaniasis in the Brazilian Amazon. The study addresses how a combination of procedures improves diagnosis in areas with high prevalence of Leishmania guyanensis. OBJECTIVES: to evaluate diagnostic methods in areas with high prevalence of Leishmania guyanensis. METHODS: All subjects were amastigote-positive by direct microscopic examination of lesion scarifications. We conducted skin biopsy and histopathology, polymerase chain reaction and parasite cultivation. RESULTS: Polymerase chain reaction detected almost ninety percent of infections when two amplification protocols were used (mini-exon and HSP-70). HSP-70 specific polymerase chain reaction matched the sensitivity of parasite cultivation plus histopathology. CONCLUSION: The best combination was polymerase chain reaction plus histopathology, which increased diagnostic sensitivity to 94%. Species discrimination by polymerase chain reaction disclosed prevalence of human infections with Leishmania guyanensis of 94% and with Leishmania braziliensis of 6% for this region. | pt_BR |
dc.language.iso | en | pt_BR |
dc.rights | Acesso Aberto | pt_BR |
dc.source | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962011000600012 | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Diagnosis | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Leishmania guyanensis | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
dc.title | Combining diagnostic procedures for the management of leishmaniasis in areas with high prevalence of Leishmania guyanensis | pt_BR |
dc.title.alternative | Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia | pt_BR |
dc.type | Artigo de Periódico | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.number | v. 86, n. 6 | pt_BR |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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