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Polymerase Chain Reaction and Dot-Blot Hybridization for Leptospira Detection in Water Samples
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Leptospirosis diagnosed by molecular DNA detection on skin biopsy
Barbara Doudier1, Delphine Laban, Cecile Cazorla
1Hopital Nord, Service De Maladies Infectieuses, Chemin Bourrely, Marseille, 13015, France.
BMJ Case Reports
|January 14, 2012
Abstract:
Leptospirosis is one of the most common anthropozoonoses in the world. Humans are accidental hosts who get infected through damaged skin or conjunctiva from environmental sources such as soil and water contaminated by urine or tissues from infected animals. We report the case of a young man for whom the diagnosis was obtained by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection from a skin biopsy.
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