Table 1.
Patient | Age (years) | Sex/nationality | Clinical presentation/host conditions | Microscopic examination/culture for Leishmania | PCR detection of L. siamensis DNA | Reference | |||||||
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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3 | 60 | M/Burmese | CL/DM and Prednisolone therapy | – | + | –/N/A | N/A | + | + | + | + | + | Unpublished data |
4 | 22 | F/Burmese | Asymptomatic/normal | – | N/A | –/N/A | N/A | - | + | + | – | N/A | Unpublished data |
5 | 45 | M/Thai | CL/HIV infection | – | + | –/N/A | N/A | + | + | + | – | + | Unpublished data |
6 | 34 | M/Burmese | CL/HIV infection | – | + | –/N/A | N/A | + | + | + | – | + | Unpublished data |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.