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Table 2 Results of smear and PS-PCR individually, or combined in parallel, applied to 63 patients

From: Polymorphism-specific PCR enhances the diagnostic performance of American tegumentary leishmaniasis and allows the rapid identification of Leishmania species from Argentina

  

ATL

 

Assay

Result

Presence

Abscence1

Total

Smear

Positive

31

0

31

 

Negative

13

18

31

 

Total

44

182

62

PS-PCR

Positive

34

3

37

 

Negative

8

16

24

 

Total

423

19

61

Smear + PS-PCR

Positive

41

3

44

 

Negative

1

15

16

 

Total

42

18

60

  1. ATL = American tegumentary leishmaniasis. 1Determined by the criterion mentioned in text. 2One out of 19 non-ATL cases was not considered for the analysis because cells were not observed in the smear. 3Insuficient DNA was obtained from two samples out of 44 ATL cases.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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