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Amastigota forms resembling Leishmania sp. on corneal ulceration in a dog: case report

2007; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS; Volume: 59; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0102-09352007000100014

ISSN

1678-4162

Autores

Fábio Luiz da Cunha Brito, Lêucio Câmara Alves, F. C. L. Maia, Aline Albuquerque, J.-P. Ortiz, José Luiz Laus,

Tópico(s)

Healthcare and Venom Research

Resumo

One dog with visceral leishmaniasis is reported presenting cutaneous lesions, cachexia, and corneal ulceration. Parasitological and serological diagnoses were performed by exam of contents of the aspirative punction of the bone marrow and by immunofluorecence, respectively. Amastigota forms resembling Leishmania sp. were visualized by citology.

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