Table 3. Species identification from 2 sets of specimens out of 16 PCR-positive lesions subsequently tested with PCR-based assays targeting the mannose phosphate isomerase, cysteine proteinase B, heat shock protein 70, and gp63 genes.

Leishmania Species	Number (% of those tested)
L. (V.) braziliensis	4 (25%)
L. (V.) guyanensis	0
L. (V.) peruviana	3 (19%)
Not identifiable	9 (56%)
Not tested*	12

*Only specimens with sufficient amplifiable DNA from the kDNA PCR of cytology brushes were selected for direct clinical specimen PCR.