Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia

Autor:	Nora Cardona-Castro, María Victoria Escobar-Builes, Héctor Serrano-Coll, Linda B. Adams, Ramanuj Lahiri
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Mycobacterium lepromatosis Mycobacterium leprae leprosy Colombia tuberculosis and other mycobacteria bacteria Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 5, Pp 1067-1068 (2022)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2805.212015
Popis:	Leprosy is a granulomatous infection caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae or M. lepromatosis. We evaluated skin biopsy and slit skin smear samples from 92 leprosy patients in Colombia by quantitative PCR. Five (5.4%) patients tested positive for M. lepromatosis, providing evidence of the presence of this pathogen in Colombia.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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