Leishmania donovani parasitaemia in Kenyan visceral leishmaniasis

Twenty Kenyan patients with visceral leishmaniasis were evaluated for the presence of Leishmania donovani in their peripheral blood. Smears, cultures and hamster inoculations detected parasitaemia in 11, 10 and six patients, respectively, and at least one method detected parasitaemia in 15 patients...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1985, Vol.79 (2), p.218-222
Hauptverfasser:	Chulay, Jeffrey D., Adoyo, Maurice A., Githure, John I.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Blood - parasitology Cells, Cultured Cricetinae Human protozoal diseases Humans Infectious diseases Kenya Leishmania - isolation & purification Leishmaniasis, Visceral - parasitology Leshmaniasis Medical sciences Parasitic diseases Protozoal diseases Spleen - parasitology Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Twenty Kenyan patients with visceral leishmaniasis were evaluated for the presence of Leishmania donovani in their peripheral blood. Smears, cultures and hamster inoculations detected parasitaemia in 11, 10 and six patients, respectively, and at least one method detected parasitaemia in 15 patients (75%). The likelihood of detecting parasitaemia correlated with the density of parasites in splenic aspirate smears. It is apparent that parasitaemia with L. donovani occurs frequently in Kenyan patients with visceral leishmaniasis.
ISSN:	0035-9203 1878-3503
DOI:	10.1016/0035-9203(85)90339-6