| a focus of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in três braços, bahia, brazil: characterization and identification of leishmania stocks isolated from man and dogs. | the characterization and identification to species and subspecies of 20 stocks of leishmania isolated from the region of três braços, bahia, brazil, are described: 17 stocks were from patients and three from dogs. the following techniques were used (i) biological (growth in culture, hamster tissues and phlebotomine gut), (ii) biochemical (isoenzyme and kinetoplast dna analysis) and (iii) immunological (using monoclonal antibodies). all except two stocks belong to the l. braziliensis complex. one ... | 1985 | 3909556 |
| resistance of leishmania (viannia) braziliensis to nitric oxide: correlation with antimony therapy and tnf-alpha production. | nitric oxide (no) produced in macrophages plays a pivotal role as a leishmanicidal agent. a previous study has demonstrated that 20% of the l. (v.) braziliensis isolated from initial cutaneous lesions of patients from the endemic area of corte de pedra, bahia, brazil, were no resistant. additionally, 5 to 11% of the patients did not respond to three or more antimony treatments" (refractory patients). the aim of this study is to investigate if there is an association between the resistance of l. ... | 2010 | 20633260 |