LOW-SENSITIVITY OF PERIPHERAL-BLOOD SMEAR FOR DIAGNOSIS OF SUBCLINICAL VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE 1-INFECTED PATIENTS

Authors
DELGADO J PINEDA JA MACIAS J REGORDAN C GALLARDO JA LEAL M SANCHEZQUIJANO A LISSEN E
Citation
J. Delgado et al., LOW-SENSITIVITY OF PERIPHERAL-BLOOD SMEAR FOR DIAGNOSIS OF SUBCLINICAL VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE 1-INFECTED PATIENTS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(1), 1998, pp. 315-316
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
315 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:1<315:LOPSFD>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The peripheral blood smear is an easy method for the diagnosis of symp tomatic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in human immunodeficiency virus ty pe 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients. However, its efficiency in diagnosing subclinical VL remains unknown. In this study, Leishmania amastigotes were seen in blood smears from 1 of 13 HIV-1-positive individuals with subclinical VL. This shows that this procedure is not suitable for su bclinical-VL diagnosis.