ArticleInfection2021
Evaluation of a point-of-care molecular detection device for Leishmania spp. and intercurrent fungal and mycobacterial organisms in Peruvian patients with cutaneous ulcers.
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- Epidemiology of Imported Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Narrative Review.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Optimizing a Conventional Multiplex PCR for Simultaneous Detection of Granulomatous Skin Infection Agents:Journal of tropical medicine · 2026Article
- Handheld Ultra-Fast Duplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays and Lateral Flow Detection and Identification ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Nanomedicine-based strategies to improve treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Novel CRISPR-based detection ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeOverlapping clinical features of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) with ulcers caused by fungi and mycobacteria necessitate confirmatory diagnostic testing. We evaluated a handheld battery-operated device for detection of CL and common fungal and mycobacterial causes of ulcers.
methodsWe validated Palm PCR™ for detection of common ulcerative skin pathogens using ATCC
resultsPalm PCR™ detected 100% of ATCC
conclusionsPalm PCR™ performs comparably to conventional PCR for detection of Leishmania, fungi, and mycobacteria. This work has implications for the diagnostic approach to tropical ulcers, and has the potential to improve field detection of ulcerative pathogens in resource constrained areas.
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