title: Detection of Mycobacterium leprae by PCR testing of sputa from a patient with pulmonary cryptococcus coinfection in northern Australia.
abstract: A case of fever, sepsis, and chest lesions evident on a computed tomography scan of an indigenous man in northern Australia following burns to the feet is described. Sputum PCR testing revealed Mycobacterium leprae, and a fine-needle aspirate of the chest lesions demonstrated Cryptococcus coinfection.
authors: Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia laura.edwards@nt.gov.au.
authors: Laura J
authors: LJ
authors: Edwards
authors: Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors: Ric N
authors: RN
authors: Price
authors: Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
authors: Vicki L
authors: VL
authors: Krause
authors: Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Huffam
authors: Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Globan
authors: Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Janet
authors: J
authors: Fyfe
authors: Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
authors: Krispin M
authors: KM
authors: Hajkowicz
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D060085:Coinfection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D044382:Population Groups; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed