Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China

Whether Mycobacterium leprae transmits from placenta to fetus remains unknown. We describe the case of a pregnant woman with untreated histoid leproma. Although her newborn was healthy, laboratory examination revealed intact M. leprae present in the placenta, suggesting that the placental barrier mi...

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Autores principales: Chen, Zhiming, Kuang, Yanfei, Jiang, Haiqin, Zhang, Wenyue, Shi, Ying, Chokkakula, Santosh, Chen, Huan, Li, Junhua, Wang, Hongsheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310204
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190114
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author Chen, Zhiming
Kuang, Yanfei
Jiang, Haiqin
Zhang, Wenyue
Shi, Ying
Chokkakula, Santosh
Chen, Huan
Li, Junhua
Wang, Hongsheng
author_facet Chen, Zhiming
Kuang, Yanfei
Jiang, Haiqin
Zhang, Wenyue
Shi, Ying
Chokkakula, Santosh
Chen, Huan
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Wang, Hongsheng
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description Whether Mycobacterium leprae transmits from placenta to fetus remains unknown. We describe the case of a pregnant woman with untreated histoid leproma. Although her newborn was healthy, laboratory examination revealed intact M. leprae present in the placenta, suggesting that the placental barrier might prevent vertical dissemination of M. leprae.
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spelling pubmed-66493422019-08-01 Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China Chen, Zhiming Kuang, Yanfei Jiang, Haiqin Zhang, Wenyue Shi, Ying Chokkakula, Santosh Chen, Huan Li, Junhua Wang, Hongsheng Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Whether Mycobacterium leprae transmits from placenta to fetus remains unknown. We describe the case of a pregnant woman with untreated histoid leproma. Although her newborn was healthy, laboratory examination revealed intact M. leprae present in the placenta, suggesting that the placental barrier might prevent vertical dissemination of M. leprae. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6649342/ /pubmed/31310204 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190114 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Chen, Zhiming
Kuang, Yanfei
Jiang, Haiqin
Zhang, Wenyue
Shi, Ying
Chokkakula, Santosh
Chen, Huan
Li, Junhua
Wang, Hongsheng
Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China
title Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China
title_full Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China
title_fullStr Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China
title_full_unstemmed Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China
title_short Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China
title_sort intact mycobacterium leprae isolated from placenta of a pregnant woman, china
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310204
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190114
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