Diffuse cutaneous infection caused by a presumed monoxenous trypanosomatid in a patient infected with HIV. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1996. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1995 Nov-Dec;89(6):644-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96169597
Dedet JP; Roche B; Pratlong F; Cales-Quist D; Jouannelle J; Benichou JC; Huerre M; Laboratoire d'Ecologie Medicale et Pathologie Parasitaire,; Faculte de Medecine, Montpellier, France.

Abstract: 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.
Keywords: Adult Animal AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY Case Report Human HIV-1 Male Mastigophora Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY Microscopy, Electron Skin/PARASITOLOGY/ULTRASTRUCTURE Skin Diseases, Parasitic/*COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY Trypanosomatina/CLASSIFICATION/*ULTRASTRUCTURE JOURNAL ARTICLE

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