01073nas a2200277 4500000000100000008004100001653000800042653001100050653001200061653001500073653002100088100001900109700002400128700001900152700002200171700002000193700001300213700001300226700001200239700001200251700001100263245006700274856007200341520036800413022001400781 2015 d10aPCR10aMexico10aleprosy10aDemography10aClinical aspects1 aVera-Cabrera L1 aEscalante-Fuentes W1 aOcampo-Garza S1 aOcampo-Candiani J1 aMolina-Torres C1 aAvanzi C1 aBenjak A1 aBusso P1 aSingh P1 aCole S00aMycobacterium lepromatosis Infections in Nuevo León, México. uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4432033/pdf/zjm1945.pdf3 a
The frequency of infection by the recently described pathogen Mycobacterium lepromatosis is unknown. Here we describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and therapeutic outcome 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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