Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia

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 pr...

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Autores principales: Cardona-Castro, Nora, Escobar-Builes, María Victoria, Serrano-Coll, Héctor, Adams, Linda B., Lahiri, Ramanuj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35450566
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.212015
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author Cardona-Castro, Nora
Escobar-Builes, María Victoria
Serrano-Coll, Héctor
Adams, Linda B.
Lahiri, Ramanuj
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-90454482022-05-07 Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia Cardona-Castro, Nora Escobar-Builes, María Victoria Serrano-Coll, Héctor Adams, Linda B. Lahiri, Ramanuj Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9045448/ /pubmed/35450566 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.212015 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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
Cardona-Castro, Nora
Escobar-Builes, María Victoria
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Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia
title Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia
title_full Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia
title_fullStr Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia
title_short Mycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia
title_sort mycobacterium lepromatosis as cause of leprosy, colombia
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35450566
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.212015
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