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Leishmaniasis
New leishmaniasis data have been reported by A.K. Boggild and co-authors
February 3rd, 2009
According to a study from Toronto, Canada, "Traditional culture of Leishmania parasites is labor-intensive and shows poor sensitivity. We evaluated microculture and novel miniculture methods for diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL)." "Consecutive patients who came to the Leishmaniasis Clinic. Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, were enrolled. Lesion aspirates were cultured in traditional tubes containing Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle medium and in miniculture tubes (Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany) and capillary tubes (microculture) containing RPMI 1640 medium containing 20% fetal bovine serum. The reference standard was positive results in two of four tests (smear,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-03)
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