Table 1.
Diagnostic method† | n/N (%) |
---|---|
kDNA PCR | 74/75 (98.7) |
Direct microscopy | 54/67 (80.6) |
Culture | 25/48 (52.1) |
Real-time PCR | 61/74 (82.4) |
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis | 59/61 (96.7) |
L. (V.) guyanensis | 2/61 (3.3) |
CL = cutaneous leishmaniasis; kDNA PCR = kinetoplastid DNA-based polymerase chain reaction.
One case was diagnosed by histopathology and no other test was performed on this subject.
All diagnostic methods were not applied to all cases. Percentages show the number of positive cases over all cases evaluated by the corresponding method.