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

Abdolvahab Alborzi 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

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Gholam R. Pouladfar 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

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Mahdi Fakhar 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

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Mohammad H. Motazedian 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

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Gholam R. Hatam 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

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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

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.435
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Volume 79: Issue 3
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435–437
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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.

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Copyright 2008 The American Society of Tropical Medicine 2008
Received:
17 Jan 2008
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Accepted:
01 Apr 2008
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Published Online:
Sep 2008
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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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