Co-infection by Leishmania amazonensis and L. infantum/ L. chagasi in a case of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis in Bolivia

We present the first report of a co-infection by Leishmania amazonensis and L. infantum/L. chagasi isolated in 1993 from a patient with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL), living in the sub-Andean region of Bolivia. This is the third reported case of DCL in Bolivia, but the first one with isoenzy...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2002-09, Vol.96 (5), p.529-532
Hauptverfasser:	Martinez, E., Mollinedo, S., Torrez, M., Muñoz, M., Bañuls, A.-L., Le Pont, F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Antiprotozoal Agents - administration & dosage Biological and medical sciences Bolivia case report co-infection diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate - methods Female Human protozoal diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Leishmania amazonensis Leishmania infantum Leishmania infantum/chagasi Leishmania mexicana leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis, Diffuse Cutaneous - complications Leishmaniasis, Diffuse Cutaneous - drug therapy Leishmaniasis, Diffuse Cutaneous - parasitology Leishmaniasis, Visceral - complications Leishmaniasis, Visceral - drug therapy Leishmaniasis, Visceral - parasitology Leshmaniasis Medical sciences Meglumine - administration & dosage Parasitic diseases Protozoal diseases Treatment Outcome Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	We present the first report of a co-infection by Leishmania amazonensis and L. infantum/L. chagasi isolated in 1993 from a patient with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL), living in the sub-Andean region of Bolivia. This is the third reported case of DCL in Bolivia, but the first one with isoenzymatic identification of the aetiological agents involved and the first one giving evidence for a mixed infection by 2 Leishmania parasites in the same lesion.
ISSN:	0035-9203 1878-3503
DOI:	10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90428-1