01232nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260004900042653002100091653001100112653002500123653002800148653002500176653002400201653002700225100001300252700001500265700001600280245011400296856005000410300001000460490000700470520048700477022001400964       2011                            d  c2011 SepbLEPRA Health in ActionaColchester10aGenes, Bacterial10aHumans10aLeprosy, lepromatous10aMolecular Sequence Data10aMycobacterium leprae10aRNA, Ribosomal, 16S10aSequence Analysis, DNA1 aGillis T1 aScollard D1 aLockwood DN00aWhat is the evidence that the putative Mycobacterium lepromatosis species causes diffuse lepromatous leprosy?  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/82/3/01-702  a205-90 v823 a<p>Han et al. have made a retrospective isolation of DNA from two patients with fatal Lucio's phenomenon. This DNA does have some molecular differences to M. leprae and may constitute a variant of M. leprae. However the experiments and data needed to confirm that this is a new leprosy-causing species have not yet been done. We have outlined the work that does need to be done. For the moment the assertion that 'M. lepromatosis' is a new leprosy-causing species is not proven.</p>  a0305-7518