title: Diffuse Lepromatous Leprosy Due to Mycobacterium lepromatosis in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
abstract: A 43-year-old woman of Mayan origin from Quintana Roo, Mexico, was diagnosed with diffuse lepromatous leprosy. The etiologic bacillus was determined to be Mycobacterium lepromatosis instead of Mycobacterium leprae. This case likely represents the first report of this leprosy form and its agent in the southeastern tip of Mexico.
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA xhan@mdanderson.org.
authors: Xiang Y
authors: XY
authors: Han
authors: Dermatologic Clinic of Chetumal, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Quintanilla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D002991:Clofazimine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D008800:Mexico; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007917:Leprostatic Agents; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D003622:Dapsone; D002991:Clofazimine; D012293:Rifampin