Congenitally transmitted visceral leishmaniasis: report of two Brazilian human cases.

نویسندگان

  • Myrlena Regina Machado Mescouto-Borges
  • Érika Maués
  • Dorcas Lamounier Costa
  • Maria Cristina da Silva Pranchevicius
  • Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero
چکیده

Visceral leishmaniasis is a relevant public health problem worldwide. Most of the reported cases in Latin America are from Brazil. Herein we report two human cases of congenitally transmitted visceral leishmaniasis in two patients who developed symptoms during pregnancy. The diagnosis was made by visual examination of Leishmania parasites in bone marrow aspirates of the mothers and by detecting parasite kDNA in bone marrow samples of the newborn children using polymerase chain reaction.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

دوره 17 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013