Minimally Invasive Microbiopsies as an Improved Sampling Method for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Current sampling methods to diagnose cutaneous leishmaniasis are invasive and painful. An alternative and minimally invasive microbiopsy device was evaluated in a diverse range of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions in Ethiopia. Using polymerase chain reaction–based diagnosis, the microbiopsy outperform...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Churiso, Gemechu, van Henten, Saskia, Cnops, Lieselotte, Pollmann, Julia, Melkamu, Roma, Lemma, Mulualem, Kiflie, Amare, Fikre, Helina, van Griensven, Johan, Adriaensen, Wim
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2020
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Brief Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7486950/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32939358
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa364
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