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. 2015 Jun;53(6):1945-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.03667-14. Epub 2015 Mar 25.

Mycobacterium lepromatosis Infections in Nuevo León, Mexico

Lucio Vera-Cabrera  1 , Wendy Escalante-Fuentes  2 , Sonia S Ocampo-Garza  2 , Jorge Ocampo-Candiani  2 , Carmen A Molina-Torres  2 , Charlotte Avanzi  3 , Andrej Benjak  3 , Philippe Busso  3 , Pushpendra Singh  3 , Stewart T Cole  3
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Mycobacterium lepromatosis Infections in Nuevo León, Mexico

Lucio Vera-Cabrera et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

The frequency of infection caused by the recently described pathogen Mycobacterium lepromatosis is unknown. Here, we describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and therapeutic outcomes of five lepromatous leprosy patients suffering from M. lepromatosis infection in Nuevo Léon, Mexico. Diagnosis was facilitated by a new highly specific PCR procedure.

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Patients with infection by M. lepromatosis. Left, smooth, thick, and shiny skin in the hands of a patient with diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL). Right, skin nodules (lepromas) in the left hand of a patient with nodular lepromatous leprosy (NLL).
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