Leishman-Donovan body


Leish·man-Don·o·van bod·y

(līsh'măn don'ŏ-văn), the intracytoplasmic, nonflagellated leishmanial form of certain intracellular parasites, such as species of Leishmania or the intracellular form of Trypanosoma cruzi; originally used for Leishmania donovani parasites in infected spleen or liver cells in kala azar. Synonym(s): amastigote, L-D body

Leish·man-Don·o·van bod·y

(lēsh'măn don'ŏ-văn bod'ē) The intracytoplasmic, nonflagellated leishmanial form of certain intracellular parasites, such as species of Leishmania or the intracellular form of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Synonym(s): amastigote.

Leishman-Donovan body

A body of a (trypanosomatid) protozoa at a particular and characteristic stage in its life cycle; the infectious (trypanosomatid) protozoa can cause leishmaniasis, and is relatively easy to identify at that stage.Mentioned in: Leishmaniasis

Donovan,

Charles, English surgeon, 1863-1951. Donovan bodies - clusters of blue or black staining, bipolar chromatin condensations in large mononuclear cells in granulation tissue infected with Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.Leishman-Donovan body - see under Leishman

Leishman,

Sir William Boog, Scottish surgeon, 1865-1926. Leishmania - a genus of digenetic, asexual, protozoan flagellates.Leishman chrome cells - basophilic granular leukocytes (basophils) observed in the circulating blood of some persons with blackwater fever.Leishman stain - a polychromed eosin-methylene blue stain used in the examination of blood films.Leishman-Donovan body - the intracytoplasmic, nonflagellated leishmanial form of certain intracellular parasites. Synonym(s): amastigote; L-D bodyleishmaniasis - tropical disease that is spread by sandflies.