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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 that the flagellates isolated did not belong to the genera Leishmania, Trypanosoma or Sauroleishmania. It was not...
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