| indigenous leishmaniasis in taiwan: report of a case. | taiwan is not considered an endemic area of leishmaniasis. imported cases are encountered infrequently, and only two cases of indigenous cutaneous leishmaniasis have been reported.(1) we found one new case in the past 20 years. the patient presented with erythematous plaques on the nasal bridge and right thumb. skin biopsy specimens from both sites revealed numerous leishman-donovan bodies in macrophages. there was no history of travel outside the country, and the diagnosis of indigenous cutaneo ... | 2008 | 18173599 |
| use of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for detection of circulating antibodies to human leishmaniasis. | in an attempt to lay the background work of immunodiagnosis of human leishmaniasis in taiwan, the usefulness of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for detection serum antibodies in large regional groups was studied. antigens were prepared from promastigotes of leishmania tropica major recently isolated in our laboratory by chao. one hundred and sixty-five serum samples were collected from medical students of national yang-ming medical college (ym), taipei, 61 from residents of san-hsing d ... | 1986 | 3793392 |
| cutaneous leishmaniasis. clinical, histopathologic, and electron microscopic studies. | one chinese construction worker and a chinese cook experienced unknown insect bites during their stay in abha of saudi arabia and then developed skin ulcers. after returning to taiwan, republic of china, they were diagnosed in our hospital as having cutaneous leishmaniasis on clinical and dermatopathologic grounds. we were successful in culturing the leishmania organism with tobie medium and liquid metacyclic stage culture medium from the skin ulcers of these two patients. the electron microscop ... | 1986 | 3771052 |