The use of polymerase chain reaction to confirm diagnosis in skin biopsies consistent with american tegumentary leishmaniasis at histopathology: a study of 90 cases Uso da reação em cadeia da polimerase em biópsias de pele para confirmar o diagnóstico histopatológico consistente com leishmaniose tegumentar americana: um estudo de 90 casos

• Main Authors: Rosilene Viana de Andrade (Author), Cesare Massone (Author), Meline Nogueira Barbosa de Lucena (Author), Anette Chusciak Talhari (Author), Sinésio Talhari (Author), Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra (Author), Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a chronic, infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus leishmania. The incidence of this disease is high in Brazil, with 19,746 new cases having been detected in 2008. The presence of amastigotes in the cytoplasm of histiocytes constitutes diagnosis of t...