Sensitivity of a vacuum aspiratory culture technique for diagnosis of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic area of leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis transmission
Sixty eight patients with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis from an area with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis transmission had cultures performed with a modified Marzochi´s vacuum aspiratory puncture technique to establish sensitivity and contamination rate with this new method. Overall sensitivit...
| Main Authors: | Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra, Sampaio, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro, Macêdo, Vanize de Oliveira, Marsden, Philip Davis |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2017
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http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/25497 https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761999000400014 |
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Sixty eight patients with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis from an area with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis transmission had cultures performed with a modified Marzochi´s vacuum aspiratory puncture technique to establish sensitivity and contamination rate with this new method. Overall sensitivity of three aspirates was 47.1%; (CI95% 39.4; 59.4) significantly greater than the sensitivity of a single one aspirate. Fungal contamination was observed in 6/204 (2.9%) inoculated culture tubes. We recommend that this useful technique should be adopted as routine for primary isolation of L. (V.) braziliensis from localized cutaneous ulcers. |
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