Name
KALA AZAR (LEISHMANIASIS)
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. : - TYPHOID FEVER - MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS - BRUCELLOSIS - MALARIA - TROPICAL SPLEENOMEGALY SYNDROME - SCHISTOSOMIASIS - LEUKEMIA - LYMPHOMA D.D. OF DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS - SYPHILIS - YAWS - LEPROSYOTHER TESTS : * DEMONSTRATION OF PARASITE ON STAINED SLIDE OR IN CULTURE OF A TISSUE ASPIRATE OR A BIOPSY SPECIMEN ( SPLEEN, LIVER, BONE MARROW, LYMPH NODE ) . * SKIN TEST * INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TEST * ALDEHYDE CHOPRA TEST - POSITIVE IN KALA AZR
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, PCR