Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia observed in immunocompromised patients: the importance of the artificial xenodiagnosis

Autor: Lúcia Maria Almeida BRAZ, Vicente AMATO NETO, Fábio Luiz CARIGNANI, Cláudia Regina de MARCHI
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 43, Iss 2, Pp 113-115 (2001)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-9946
Popis: Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia observed in immunocompromised patients (transplant or positive HIV) occurred more frequently by the artificial xenodiagnosis method (10/38) compared with hemoculture (2/38), given the same quantity of blood. Other ways of diagnosis, like mice inoculation (5/38), QBC and buffy coat (2/38), were evaluated also. This result showed the importance of the artificial xenodiagnosis. The other techniques increased only one more patient positive.
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