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Co-infection of Leishmania infantum and Brucella spp in Iran

Authors: Mahdi Fakhar, Elham Banimostafavi, Mohammad Hossein Motazedian, Qasem Asgari

Published in: Comparative Clinical Pathology | Issue 1/2009

Abstract

In 2004, a 27-year-old man from Sirjan in Kerman Province (southeastern Iran) presented to Nemazee hospital with high-grade fever, chills, wet cough, abdominal pain, and mild splenomegaly. Anti-Brucella antibodies and anti-leishmanial antibodies were both shown to be present. Leishmania dipstick (rK39) was positive, but no amastigote was observed in the bone marrow. Leishmania kDNA corresponding to L. infantum was detected by nested-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on liver biopsy and whole blood. These results confirmed co-infection of Leishmania infantum and Brucella spp.

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Title: Co-infection of Leishmania infantum and Brucella spp in Iran
Authors: Mahdi Fakhar
Elham Banimostafavi
Mohammad Hossein Motazedian
Qasem Asgari
Publication date: 01-02-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Comparative Clinical Pathology / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1618-5641
Electronic ISSN: 1618-565X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-008-0749-8

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Co-infection of Leishmania infantum and Brucella spp in Iran

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