Sensitivity of lymph node aspiration in localized cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 94(4): 509-11, 1999.
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| ID: mdl-10446011
Twenty nine patients with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis had lymph node and skin ulcer aspirations for culture of Leishmania with the modified Marzochís vacuum aspiratory technique. Sensitivity of lymph node aspiration was 58.6% and 34.5% for skin ulcer aspiration (P=0.06). Combined sensitivity of the two methods was 79.3%. There was no agreement between methods (Kappa Index = -0.084; CI95% -0,45; 0,28) showing the potential complementary roles in diagnostic approach.
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Assunto principal:
Leishmania braziliensis
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Leishmaniose Cutânea
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Doenças Linfáticas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil