Delgado J, Pineda J A, Macías J, Regordán C, Gallardo J A, Leal M, Sanchez-Quijano A, Lissen E
Viral Hepatitis & AIDS Study Group, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Jan;36(1):315-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.1.315-316.1998.
The peripheral blood smear is an easy method for the diagnosis of symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients. However, its efficiency in diagnosing subclinical VL remains unknown. In this study, Leishmania amastigotes were seen in blood smears from 1 of 13 HIV-1-positive individuals with subclinical VL. This shows that this procedure is not suitable for subclinical-VL diagnosis.
外周血涂片是诊断人类免疫缺陷病毒1型(HIV-1)感染患者有症状内脏利什曼病(VL)的一种简便方法。然而,其在诊断亚临床VL方面的效率尚不清楚。在本研究中,13例亚临床VL的HIV-1阳性个体中有1例的血涂片中发现了利什曼原虫无鞭毛体。这表明该方法不适用于亚临床VL的诊断。