Diffuse cutaneous infection caused by a presumed monoxenous trypanosomatid in a patient infected with HIV

被引:62
作者
Dedet, JP
Roche, B
Pratlong, F
CalesQuist, D
Jouannelle, J
Benichou, JC
Huerre, M
机构
[1] CHU FT DE FRANCE, BIOL LAB, FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, FRANCE
[2] CHU FT DE FRANCE, DERMATOL SERV, FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, FRANCE
[3] INST PASTEUR, UNITE MICROSCOPIE ELECTR, PARIS, FRANCE
[4] INST PASTEUR, HISTOPATHOL UNIT, PARIS, FRANCE
关键词
Trypanosomatidae; cutaneous infection; unidentified monoxenous trypanosomatid; HIV infection;
D O I
10.1016/0035-9203(95)90427-1
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
A patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus developed a diffuse cutaneous nodular syndrome. The parasite isolated from a skin nodule was studied by isoenzymatic characterization and transmission electron microscopy of both culture forms and those in the patient's skin biopsy. The parasite's ultrastructure was that of a typical member of the family Trypanosomatidae, but it differed isoenzymatically from all 'New' and 'Old World' species of Leishmania, Trypanosoma and Sauroleishmania. We believe that it was a (presumably) monoxenous 'lower' trypanosomatid.
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