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Molecular Identification of Leishmania spp. DNA from Archived Giemsa-Stained Slides of Patients from Salta, Argentina
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in Salta province, which belongs to the northwest of Argentina. Leishmania spp. DNA from Giemsa-stained slides of up to 12 years in storage of patients from Salta was characterized through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). One hundred smears positive for microscopy, classified in a semiquantitative scale for amastigote density, were analyzed. Also, Leishmanin skin test (LST) results were included. DNA extraction was carried out applying lysis buffer with proteinase K, and then DNA was amplified with ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 primers. PCR products were digested with HaeIII enzyme. All PCR-positive smears (74/100) belonged to Viannia subgenus. A statistically significant, directly proportional relationship between semiquantitative microscopy and PCR results was detected. All patients had LST-positive results (induration ≥ 5 mm), and the smears of those with smaller induration (LST < 19 mm) gave a higher proportion of positive PCR results. This study determined that smear age did not affect PCR positivity, which allows retrospective analyzes and suggests smears might be useful for molecular complementary diagnosis. Because Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the main circulating species in the study area, determining Viannia subgenus in all analyzed samples confirms previous findings. PCR positivity showed statistically significant differences according to semiquantitative microscopy, highlighting the importance of parasite burden in the diagnostic sensitivity of the method. Considering that smears of patients with smaller LST induration were more positive in PCR, a negative smear from patients with positive LST response, but < 19 mm, could actually represent a false-negative result.
Author Notes
Financial support: This research was supported by grants from Consejo de Investigacion de la Universidad Nacional de Salta (CIUNSA) No. 2056, Salta, Argentina.
Authors’ addresses: María Cristina Almazán, Carlos Lorenzo Hoyos, Alejandro Javier Krolewiecki, Silvana Pamela Cajal, Griselda Noemí Copa, Pedro Emanuel Fleitas, Paola Andrea Barroso, Jorge Diego Marco, Julio Rubén Nasser, and José Fernando Gil, Instituto de Investigaciones de Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Nacional de Salta—Sede Regional Oran, Salta, Argentina, E-mails: cristina.almazan90@gmail.com, carloslhoyos@gmail.com, alekrol@hotmail.com, spcajal@yahoo.com, noex02@gmail.com, pedro.fleittas@gmail.com, paobarar@yahoo.com.ar, diegomarcoar@yahoo.com.ar, jrnasser@hotmail.com, and jgil@conicet.gov.ar.