Case of diffuse lepromatous leprosy associated with "Mycobacterium lepromatosis".
An 86-year-old female patient from northeast Mexico presented with diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL). Sequence analysis of four genes (rrs, rpoB, sigA, and hsp65) from the skin biopsy specimen identified "Mycobacterium lepromatosis." This is the first independent confirmation of a case of DLL due to M. lepromatosis.
Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital Universitario, Madero y Gonzalitos, Colonia Mitras Centro, C.P. 64460, Monterrey, N.L., México. drluciovera@yahoo.com
Lucio
L
Vera-Cabrera
Wendy G
WG
Escalante-Fuentes
Minerva
M
Gomez-Flores
Jorge
J
Ocampo-Candiani
Philippe
P
Busso
Pushpendra
P
Singh
Stewart T
ST
Cole
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008800:Mexico; D008853:Microscopy; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial