THE CHARACTERIZATION OF LEISHMANIA FROM PATIENTS WITH LYMPHADENOPATHY IN SHIRAZ, IRAN

被引:13
作者
ARDEHALI, S
SADEGHIHASSANABADI, A
MOADDEB, A
ABDOLLAHI, B
MALEKHOSSEINI, Z
EVANS, DA
机构
[1] SHIRAZ UNIV MED SCI,DEPT COMMUNITY MED,SHIRAZ,IRAN
[2] SHIRAZ UNIV MED SCI,DEPT PATHOL,SHIRAZ,IRAN
[3] UNIV LONDON LONDON SCH HYG & TROP MED,DEPT MED PARASITOL,LONDON WC1E 7HT,ENGLAND
关键词
LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; CHARACTERIZATION; LYMPHADENITIS; IRAN;
D O I
10.1016/0035-9203(95)90012-8
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Leishmania were cultured from enlarged lymph nodes of 6 of 18 patients with localized lymphadenitis and no other sign or symptom of leishmaniasis in Shiraz, Iran. The organisms failed to produce visible lesions when injected intradermally or intraperitoneally into Swiss outbred white or Balb/c mice. Golden hamsters similarly injected appeared well 16 weeks later, but histological examination of their spleens and livers revealed a few amastigotes in sections of the liver of one. Lectin agglutination profiles of promastigotes cultured from 2 of the patients were identical with those obtained with the World Health Organization reference strain of L. tropica (MHOM/SU/74/K27). Isoenzyme characterization of one of the isolates showed it to be L. tropica zymodeme LON18.
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