TY - JOUR
KW - PCR
KW - Mexico
KW - leprosy
KW - Demography
KW - Clinical aspects
AU - Vera-Cabrera L
AU - Escalante-Fuentes W
AU - Ocampo-Garza S
AU - Ocampo-Candiani J
AU - Molina-Torres C
AU - Avanzi C
AU - Benjak A
AU - Busso P
AU - Singh P
AU - Cole S
AB - <p>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.</p>

BT - Journal of clinical microbiology
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25809978?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.1128/JCM.03667-14
J2 - J. Clin. Microbiol.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>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.</p>

PY - 2015
T2 - Journal of clinical microbiology
TI - Mycobacterium lepromatosis Infections in Nuevo León, México.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4432033/pdf/zjm1945.pdf
SN - 1098-660X
ER -