Sensitivity of a Vacuum Aspiratory Culture Technique for Diagnosis of Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Transmission

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...

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Main Authors: Romero Gustavo Adolfo Sierra, Sampaio Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro, Macêdo Vanize de Oliveira, Marsden Philip Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1999-01-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
culture sensitivity
fungal contamination
vacuum aspiratory technique
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