From: Concomitant visceral and localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in two Moroccan infants
Biological examinations | Patient 1 | Patient 2 |
---|---|---|
VL diagnosis | ||
- Bone marrow stained smear | + | + |
- Anti-L. infantum antibodies (IFAT)a | + (1/320) | + (1/80) |
- Anti-L. infantum antibodies (WB) | ND | + (14–16 kD) |
CL diagnosis | ||
- Skin stained smear | – | + |
- Culture (NNN) | – | + |
- PCR-RFLP | L. infantum | L. tropica |