Table 1.

Results of microscopic examination, culture, and polymerase chain reaction for detection of L. siamensis DNA from various clinical specimens collected under different conditions and different clinical presentations from six patients^*

Patient	Age (years)	Sex/nationality	Clinical presentation/host conditions	Microscopic examination/culture for Leishmania			PCR detection of L. siamensis DNA						Reference
				Blood smear	Skin biopsy	Blood/bone marrow culture	Bone marrow	Blood	Buffy coat	Saliva	Urine	Tissue
1	46	M/Thai	CL and VL/HIV infection and prednisolone therapy	+	N/A	+/+	+	+	+	+	+	N/A	Chusri and others14
2	30	M/Thai	CL and VL/HIV infection	+	+	–/+	+	+	+	+	+	+	Chusri and others14
3	60	M/Burmese	CL/DM and Prednisolone therapy	–	+	–/N/A	N/A	+	+	+	+	+	Unpublished data
4	22	F/Burmese	Asymptomatic/normal	–	N/A	–/N/A	N/A	-	+	+	–	N/A	Unpublished data
5	45	M/Thai	CL/HIV infection	–	+	–/N/A	N/A	+	+	+	–	+	Unpublished data
6	34	M/Burmese	CL/HIV infection	–	+	–/N/A	N/A	+	+	+	–	+	Unpublished data

^*PCR = polymerase chain reaction; CL = cutaneous leishmaniasis; VL = visceral leishmaniasis; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; NA = not available.