00942nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001653000900042653000800051653001200059653001700071653001400088100001600102700001400118700001500132700001500147700001300162700001100175700001800186245013900204300001600343490000700359520030800366022001400674       2014                            d10aTest10aPCR10aleprosy10aCo-infection10aAustralia1 aEdwards L J1 aPrice R N1 aKrause V L1 aHuffam S E1 aGloban M1 aFyfe J1 aHajkowicz K M00aDetection of Mycobacterium leprae by PCR Testing of Sputa from a Patient with Pulmonary Cryptococcus Coinfection in Northern Australia  a3811 - 38120 v523 aA case of fever, sepsis, and chest lesions evident on a computed tomography scan of an indigenous man in northern Australia following burns to the feet is described. Sputum PCR testing revealed Mycobacterium leprae, and a fine-needle aspirate of the chest lesions demonstrated Cryptococcus coinfection.   a0095-1137