Isolation of Leishmania mexicana amazonensis from the bone marrow in a case of American visceral leishmaniasis

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1986 Jul;35(4):732-4. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1986.35.732.

Abstract

The first documented human case of visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. mexicana amazonensis is reported. Leishmania were isolated from bone marrow aspirate material from a typical visceral leishmaniasis patient. Further characterization by isoenzyme electrophoresis and by a panel of species- and subspecies-specific monoclonal antibodies established its classification as L. m. amazonensis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Bone Marrow / parasitology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / analysis
  • Leishmania mexicana / classification
  • Leishmania mexicana / enzymology
  • Leishmania mexicana / immunology
  • Leishmania mexicana / isolation & purification*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / parasitology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Isoenzymes