Article
Parasite genotypically related to a monoxenous trypanosomatid of dog's flea causing opportunistic infection in an HIV positive patient.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jan 2000
Pacheco R S, Marzochi M C, Pires M Q, Brito C M, Madeira M de F, Barbosa-Santos E G
Abstract excerpt
An HIV positive patient presenting a clinical picture of visceral leishmaniasis co-infection was submitted to a bone marrow aspiration after admission to hospital. Amastigotes forms were seen in the bone marrow aspirate and the parasite grew in culture as promastigotes. Molecular analyses showed...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Adult
- Animals
- Bone Marrow
- DNA, Kinetoplast
- DNA, Protozoan
- Dogs
- Genotype
- Humans
- Leishmaniasis, Visceral
- Macrophages
- Male
- Protozoan Infections
- Trypanosomatina