PCR-based diagnosis of a case of herpetic whitlow in an AIDS patient.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 40(5): 317-9, 1998.
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Herpetic infections are common complications in AIDS patients. The clinical features could be uncommon and antiviral chemotherapy is imperative. A rapid diagnosis could prevent incorrect approaches and treatment. The polymerase chain reaction is a rapid, specific and sensible method for DNA amplification and diagnosis of infectious diseases, especially viral diseases. This approach has some advantages compared with conventional diagnostic procedures. Recently we have reported a new PCR protocol to rapid diagnosis of herpetic infections with suppression of the DNA extraction step. In this paper we present a case of herpetic whitlow with rapid diagnosis by HSV-1 specific polymerase chain reaction using the referred protocol.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
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Herpesvirus Humano 1
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Dermatoses da Mão
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Herpes Simples
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil