Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient

D Stark; S Pett; D Marriott; J Harkness

doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1178-1180.2006

Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar;44(3):1178-80. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1178-1180.2006.

Authors

D Stark¹, S Pett, D Marriott, J Harkness

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst 2010 NSW, Sydney, Australia. dstark@stvincents.com.au

Abstract

We report the first case of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient in Australia. Molecular characterization of the isolate was performed using PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism targeting both repetitive sequences from Leishmania nuclear DNA and repetitive kinetoplast DNA minicircles for species differentiation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / pathology
Animals
DNA, Protozoan / genetics
DNA, Protozoan / isolation & purification
HIV-1
Humans
Leishmania infantum / genetics*
Leishmania infantum / isolation & purification*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / complications*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / parasitology*
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / pathology
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / complications*
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / parasitology*
Male
Middle Aged
New South Wales

Substances

DNA, Protozoan