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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
卷 25, 期 2, 页码 242-247出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.04.025
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Cutaneous; Diagnosis; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase chain reaction
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- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior e CAPES
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior - CAPES
Objectives: Superficial swab sampling of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) lesions shows higher amounts of Leishmania than those from biopsy. Subcutaneous involvement is also important in ATL, but parasite quantification according to lesion depth has not been evaluated. We aim to present the best depth at which sampling should be performed for molecular exams of ATL. Methods: Patients with a clinical presentation compatible with ATL were allocated to ATL and control groups. Qualitative and quantitative qPCR assays were performed using SYBR Green and primers amplifying the kDNA minicircle of Leishmania spp. in different skin layers, including the epidermis, the superior dermis, the inferior dermis, and the hypodermis. Results: Fifty-nine patients were included in this study, including 40 who had been diagnosed with ATL and 19 controls. The number of parasites was greater in samples of the epidermis and superior dermis (159.1 x 10(6), range 4.0-781.7, and 75.4 x 10(6), range 8.0-244.5, mean Leishmania parasite equivalents per mu g of tissue DNA, respectively) than those in samples of the inferior dermis and hypodermis (54.6, range 8.0-256.6, and 16.8 x 10(6), range 8.0-24.1, mean Leishmania parasite equivalents per mg of tissue DNA, respectively). The best diagnostic accuracy was achieved in the superior dermis (77.9%) and was significantly greater than that in the hypodermis (63.3%; p 0.039). Conclusions: We conclude that superficial sampling can retrieve a greater quantity of parasites. Future studies of the role of transepidermal elimination as a mechanism of host defence in ATL must be performed as there is a considerable quantity of Leishmania kDNA in the epidermis. (C) 2018 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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