A clinico-pathological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in British troops from Belize
| Autor: | K.M. McLaren, N.C. Hepburn, L.R. Biddlestone |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Microbiological culture Biopsy Leishmania mexicana Leishmaniasis Cutaneous Giemsa stain Leishmania braziliensis Immunoenzyme Techniques Cutaneous leishmaniasis medicine Animals Humans Prospective Studies Cells Cultured Histological examination medicine.diagnostic_test Staining and Labeling business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Leishmaniasis Histology General Medicine medicine.disease Belize United Kingdom Infectious Diseases Military Personnel Parasitology Clinico pathological business |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88(6) |
| ISSN: | 0035-9203 |
| Popis: | Thirty-four cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis contracted by British soldiers in Belize were studied. Pre- and post-treatment biopsies were taken from all patients. The range of histological appearances is described and the value of histological examination (including Giemsa staining and immunohistochemistry), cytological preparations and microbiological culture in diagnosis and clinical management assessed. Histology and culture were found to be complementary techniques in reaching a positive diagnosis, whilst cytological preparations were of no additional value. Histological examination of post-treatment biopsies merely confirmed the clinical impression of healing or non-healing whilst culture identified viable organisms in apparently healed lesions, which were subsequently re-treated. |
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