TY - JOUR KW - Adult KW - Bacterial Proteins KW - Chaperonin 60 KW - Chaperonins KW - DNA, Bacterial KW - Europe KW - Female KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Molecular Sequence Data KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - polymerase chain reaction KW - Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length KW - Sequence Analysis, DNA AU - Neonakis IK AU - Gitti Z AU - Kontos F AU - Baritaki S AU - Zerva L AU - Krambovitis E AU - Spandidos DA AB -

In this article, we report on 2 indigenous cases of leprosy detected in a European country. We also report on the use of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of hsp65 gene for rapid identification of Mycobacterium leprae directly from the clinical sample.

BT - Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19376672?dopt=Abstract DA - 2009 Jul DO - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.006 IS - 3 J2 - Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. LA - eng N2 -

In this article, we report on 2 indigenous cases of leprosy detected in a European country. We also report on the use of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of hsp65 gene for rapid identification of Mycobacterium leprae directly from the clinical sample.

PY - 2009 SP - 331 EP - 3 T2 - Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease TI - Report of 2 indigenous cases of leprosy from a European country: use of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of hsp65 gene for identification of Mycobacterium leprae directly from a clinical sample. VL - 64 SN - 1879-0070 ER -