TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Base Sequence
KW - DNA, Bacterial
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Molecular Sequence Data
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Peripheral nerves
KW - polymerase chain reaction
AU - Chemouilli P
AU - Woods S
AU - Said G
AU - Cole S T
AB - <p>A simple procedure is described for the detection of Mycobacterium leprae by the polymerase chain reaction in nerve biopsies sectioned with a cryostat and then treated with proteinase K. All samples from lepromatous leprosy patients and the majority of samples from paucibacillary cases yielded positive results. This approach may be useful for differentiating between leprosy and other inflammatory neuropathies.</p>

BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8627108?dopt=Abstract</p>

DA - 1996 Mar
IS - 1
J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>A simple procedure is described for the detection of Mycobacterium leprae by the polymerase chain reaction in nerve biopsies sectioned with a cryostat and then treated with proteinase K. All samples from lepromatous leprosy patients and the majority of samples from paucibacillary cases yielded positive results. This approach may be useful for differentiating between leprosy and other inflammatory neuropathies.</p>

PY - 1996
SP - 1
EP - 5
T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
TI - Detection of Mycobacterium leprae in nerve lesions by the polymerase chain reaction.
UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v64n1a01.pdf
VL - 64
SN - 0148-916X
ER -