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Braz J Infect Dis ; 13(1): 47-52, 2009 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19578630

RESUMO

We evaluated the effectiveness of serological and parasitological methods for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) diagnosis in patients from the central region of Paraná state, southern Brazil. Five groups were compared: clinical diagnosis, parasitological diagnosis, communicants, inhabitants of a non-endemic area and carriers of other etiologies. Two antigens were prepared from promastigotes of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis for indirect immunofluorescence assay, ELISA and immunoblotting. The parasitological approaches detected 79.3% of the patients with a clinical diagnosis; the parasites were identified by PCR as L. (V.) braziliensis. Serological methods showed 95% sensitivity for homologous antigens. Immunoblotting revealed specific proteins for diagnosis of CL and detected 96.6% of the patients when L. (V.) braziliensis was used as an antigen, and 83.3% with L. (L.) amazonensis. This study demonstrated the importance of differential diagnosis for leishmaniasis; the association of two or more indirect methods increased diagnosis sensitivity.


Assuntos
Leishmania braziliensis/imunologia , Leishmania braziliensis/isolamento & purificação , Leishmania mexicana/imunologia , Leishmania mexicana/isolamento & purificação , Leishmaniose Cutânea/diagnóstico , Animais , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Técnica Indireta de Fluorescência para Anticorpo , Humanos , Immunoblotting , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Testes Cutâneos
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Braz. j. infect. dis ; Braz. j. infect. dis;13(1): 47-52, Feb. 2009. graf, tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-517814

RESUMO

We evaluated the effectiveness of serological and parasitological methods for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) diagnosis in patients from the central region of Paraná state, southern Brazil. Five groups were compared: clinical diagnosis, parasitological diagnosis, communicants, inhabitants of a non-endemic area and carriers of other etiologies. Two antigens were prepared from promastigotes of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis for indirect immunofluorescence assay, ELISA and immunoblotting. The parasitological approaches detected 79.3 percent of the patients with a clinical diagnosis; the parasites were identified by PCR as L. (V.) braziliensis. Serological methods showed 95 percent sensitivity for homologous antigens. Immunoblotting revealed specific proteins for diagnosis of CL and detected 96.6 percent of the patients when L. (V.) braziliensis was used as an antigen, and 83.3 percent with L. (L.) amazonensis. This study demonstrated the importance of differential diagnosis for leishmaniasis; the association of two or more indirect methods increased diagnosis sensitivity.


Assuntos
Animais , Humanos , Leishmania braziliensis/imunologia , Leishmania braziliensis/isolamento & purificação , Leishmania mexicana/imunologia , Leishmania mexicana/isolamento & purificação , Leishmaniose Cutânea/diagnóstico , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Técnica Indireta de Fluorescência para Anticorpo , Immunoblotting , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Testes Cutâneos
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