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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 79(3), 2008, pp. 435-437
Copyright © 2008 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Isolation of Leishmania tropica from a Patient with Visceral Leishmaniasis and Disseminated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Southern Iran

Abdolvahab Alborzi*, Gholam R. Pouladfar, Mahdi Fakhar, Mohammad H. Motazedian, Gholam R. Hatam, AND Mohammad R. Kadivar
Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, and Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

 

ABSTRACT

We report a case visceral leishmaniasis with disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in southern Iran. Typing of this parasite was performed by a species-specific polymerase chain reaction and isoenzyme electrophoresis.

Received January 17, 2008. Accepted for publication April 1, 2008.

Acknowledgment: We thank H. Khajehei for editing the manuscript.

* Address correspondence to Abdolvahab Alborzi, Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. E-mail: alborziiraj2004{at}yahoo.com

Authors’ addresses: Abdolvahab Alborzi, Gholam R. Pouladfar, and Mohammad R. Kadivar, Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Tel: 98-711-6470205, Fax: 98-711-6287071, E-mail: alborziiraj2004{at}yahoo.com. Mahdi Fakhar, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Mohammad H. Motazedian and Gholam R. Hatam, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.






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