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USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS
SUMMARY: It 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 sh...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24213198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652013000600011 |
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author | Nicodemo, Antonio Carlos Amato, Valdir Sabbaga Tuon, Felipe Francisco de Souza, Regina Maia Okay, Thelma Suely Braz, Lúcia Maria Almeida |
author_facet | Nicodemo, Antonio Carlos Amato, Valdir Sabbaga Tuon, Felipe Francisco de Souza, Regina Maia Okay, Thelma Suely Braz, Lúcia Maria Almeida |
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description | SUMMARY: It 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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spelling | pubmed-41050932014-07-24 USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS Nicodemo, Antonio Carlos Amato, Valdir Sabbaga Tuon, Felipe Francisco de Souza, Regina Maia Okay, Thelma Suely Braz, Lúcia Maria Almeida Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report SUMMARY: It 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. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4105093/ /pubmed/24213198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652013000600011 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Nicodemo, Antonio Carlos Amato, Valdir Sabbaga Tuon, Felipe Francisco de Souza, Regina Maia Okay, Thelma Suely Braz, Lúcia Maria Almeida USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS |
title | USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL
LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS |
title_full | USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL
LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS |
title_fullStr | USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL
LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS |
title_full_unstemmed | USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL
LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS |
title_short | USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL
LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS |
title_sort | usefulness of kdna pcr in the diagnosis of visceral
leishmaniasis reactivation in co-infected patients |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24213198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652013000600011 |
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