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Leishmaniasis
Recent findings in leishmaniasis described by W.F. Vandermeide and colleagues
July 29th, 2008
According to a study from Netherlands, "Current diagnostic methods for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) have low sensitivity or are not useful for treatment follow-up. We previously described the quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (QT-NASBA) method as a sensitive and specific assay for detection and quantification of Leishmania parasites in skin biopsies." "This assay could be a valuable instrument for monitoring response to treatment of CL and identifying treatment failures at an early stage. QT-NASBA results of skin biopsies at the end and 6 weeks after treatment from patients with proven CL on various treatment regimens were compared with clinical...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-29)
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