Mycobacterium lepromatosis Infections in Nuevo León, Mexico.
- Vera-Cabrera L Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico drluciovera@yahoo.com.
- Escalante-Fuentes W Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
- Ocampo-Garza SS Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
- Ocampo-Candiani J Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
- Molina-Torres CA Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
- Avanzi C Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Benjak A Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Busso P Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Singh P Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Cole ST Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 2015-03-27
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- Journal of clinical microbiology. - 2015
Aged
Cohort Studies
Female
Hand
Humans
Leprostatic Agents
Leprosy, Lepromatous
Male
Mexico
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium
Skin
English
The frequency of infection caused by the recently described pathogen Mycobacterium lepromatosis is unknown. Here, we describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and therapeutic outcomes of five lepromatous leprosy patients suffering from M. lepromatosis infection in Nuevo Léon, Mexico. Diagnosis was facilitated by a new highly specific PCR procedure.
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- English
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- bronze
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- DOI 10.1128/JCM.03667-14
- PMID 25809978
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/204496
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