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Parasitic culture of buffy coat for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.

R López-Vélez1, F Laguna, J Alvar, J A Pérez-Molina, R Molina, P Martinez, J Villarrubia.   

Abstract

Two samples of buffy coat from the peripheral blood of 25 human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients with proven visceral leishmaniasis, as determined with a bone marrow aspirate (stain and culture), were cultured onto Schneider's and Novy-McNeal-Nicolle media. Hemoculture positivity was 67%. The average growing time was 10 days. This is an easy, noninvasive, and sensitive technique.

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Year:  1995        PMID: 7790464      PMCID: PMC228071          DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.4.937-939.1995

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Microbiol        ISSN: 0095-1137            Impact factor:   5.948


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