USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Antonio Carlos Nicodemo¹  Valdir Sabbaga Amato¹  Felipe Francisco Tuon¹  Regina Maia De Souza¹  Thelma Suely Okay¹  Lúcia Maria Almeida Braz¹ 

关键词: Visceral Leishmaniasis;    Polymerase Chain Reaction;    Diagnosis;    Co-infection Visceral Leishmaniasis-HIV;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652013000600011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

SUMMARYIt is important to develop new methods for diagnosing relapses in the co-infection of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV to enable earlier detection using less invasive methods. We report a case of a co-infected patient who had relapses after VL treatment, where the qualitative kDNA PCR showed a good performance. The kDNA PCR seems to be a useful tool for diagnosing VL and may be a good marker for predicting VL relapses after treatment of co-infected patients with clinical symptoms of the disease.

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