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Insights into global transcriptomic profile of biofilm producing Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates from chronic foot ulcers [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Background and Objectives: Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the predominant biofilm producing pathogen in leprosy foot ulcer (LFU). The objective of this study was to identify the transcriptome profile through Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
Kumar Ebineshan, Aparna Srikantam, Michael Sukumar Pallapati   +2 more
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Robust contact tracing and screening needed for leprosy control and protection of vulnerable children [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Leprosy in children is considered as an indicator of active disease transmission in the community. We report about a seven-year-old male from Telangana, India, with anesthetic skin lesions and familial leprosy history.
Khyathi Reddy Pilaka, Michael Sukumar Pallapati, Zakaraiah Jaladi, Kumar Ebineshan   +3 more
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Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp.-equisimilis as an emerging secondary pathogen in leprosy foot ulcers [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Background and Objectives: Leprosy foot ulcers (LFU) tend to become chronic due to secondary bacterial infections, leading to subsequent disfigurement and disability.
Kumar Ebineshan, Michael Sukumar Pallapati, Aparna Srikantam   +2 more
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Creation practices and collective action: the case of cardboard publishers

ANIAV, 2021
This text addresses experiences of Latin American cardboard publishers as collective artistic practices, engaged in the production and circulation of books at affordable prices, in the promotion of visual creation spaces open to the communities in which ...
Valeria Lepra Terzaghi
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Identificación de micobacterias no pigmentadas de crecimiento rápido por el método molecular Genotype Mycobacterium CM

Respirar, 2023
Introducción: las micobacterias no tuberculosas (MNT) forman un grupo heterogéneo de microorganismos que pueden provocar infección en humanos. Las micobacterias no pigmentadas de crecimiento rápido (MNPCR) tienen interés clínico debido al número ...
Misleidis Sardiñas Aragón, Grechen García León, María Rosarys Martínez Romero, Raúl Díaz Rodriguez, Lilian María Mederos Cuervo   +4 more
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Analytical Study of Histopathological and Haematological Analysis with Epidemiological Evidences Among Type-I and Type-II Lepra Reactions [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Leprosy is still a burden to India, even though it is under control but still it persists due to decreased level of immune defense mechanism against the infection.
S Premalatha, V Palaniappan, S Ravi, Sudhan Dhiran   +3 more
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) as a Potential Point of Care Laboratory Test for Leprosy Diagnosis—A Systematic Review

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and mainly affects skin, peripheral nerves, and eyes. Suitable tools for providing bacteriological evidence of leprosy are needed for early case detection and appropriate therapeutic ...
Sushma Tatipally, Aparna Srikantam, Sanjay Kasetty   +2 more
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Situacion actual de la lepra en cuba: sera factible la interrupcion de la transmision?

Hansenologia Internationalis, 1996
En el presente trabajo se analizan los resultados del Programa de Control de Lepra y la situación epidemiológica actual de la endemia en Cuba, así como Ia perspectiva para pasar a etapas superiores en el control, teniendo como objetivo la interrupción ...
Reinaldo E. Gil Suárez, Rolando Ramirez Fernández, Manuel Santin Peña, Clovis Lombardi   +3 more
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A case series of pure neural leprosy in patients diagnosed in a specialized center for the control of Hansen’s disease in Colombia

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2018
Pure neural leprosy, defined as a peripheral neuropathy in which the patient has no skin lesions, is difficult to diagnose. Its verification by bacteriological index and histopathology is not possible in the majority of the patients.
Héctor Serrano-Coll, Olinto Mieles, Calixto Escorcia, Amparo Díaz, Camilo Beltrán, Nora Cardona-Castro   +5 more
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Lepra en la isla colombiana de Providencia

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2020
San Andrés y Providencia son islas colombianas en el mar de las Antillas. San Andrés tiene 68.283 habitantes y allí se han registrado casos de lepra en inmigrantes provenientes del interior colombiano. Providencia tiene 5.037 habitantes e, históricamente,
Jairo Fuentes, Juliana Jiménez, Gustavo Urueta, Santiago Fadul, Esperanza Meléndez, Martha Inírida Guerrero, Gerzaín Rodríguez   +6 more
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