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Intracellular Mycobacterium leprae Utilizes Host Glucose as a Carbon Source in Schwann Cells

mBio, 2019
New approaches are needed to control leprosy, but understanding of the biology of the causative agent Mycobacterium leprae remains rudimentary, principally because the pathogen cannot be grown in axenic culture.
Khushboo Borah, Karina do Carmo de Vasconcelos Girardi, Tom A. Mendum, Leticia Miranda Santos Lery, Dany J. V. Beste, Flavio Alves Lara, Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani, Johnjoe McFadden   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visibly Enlarged Feeder Nerves in Hansen's Disease: A Diagnostic Beacon

JEADV Clinical Practice, Volume 4, Issue 5, Page 1260-1262, December 2025.
Sunil Jaiswal, Shraddha Uprety, Pratichya Thapa, Prakriti Lamichhane   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
In Canada, Hansen disease (leprosy) is rare and not considered in diagnoses for nonimmigrant patients. We report Mycobacterium leprae infection in a Canadian man whose sole travel was to Florida, USA. The M.
Paul E. Bonnar, Natalie P. Cunningham, Andrea K. Boggild, Noreen M. Walsh, Rahul Sharma, Ian R.C. Davis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combined therapy in leprosy : background and findings [PDF]

, 1978
This report is based on data obtained from 64 lepromatous cases. Despite many years of DDS monotherapy, the homogenates from biopsies of these patients revealed 104 or more bacteria.
Bonnici, Edgar, Depasquale, George, Freerksen, Enno, Kruger-Thiemer, Malwine, Rosenfeld, Magdalena   +4 more
core  

DataSheet_1_Transcriptomic Analysis of Mycobacterium leprae-Stimulated Response in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Reveal Potential Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis of Leprosy.doc

, 2021
You-Hua Yuan (5782391), Jian Liu (33711), Yuan-Gang You (5782388), Xiao-Hua Chen (1336080), Lian-Chao Yuan (11860136), Yan Wen (416285), Huan Ying Li (11860139), Ying Zhang (40767)   +7 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Identification of T cell stimulatory epitopes from the 18 kDa protein of Mycobacterium leprae [PDF]

, 2017
We have used different mouse strains to examine in vivo and in vitro responses to the 18 kDa protein of Mycobacterium leprae, which appears to be strongly immunogenic in both mice and humans.
Bäckström, B. Thomas, Doherty, T. Mark, Harding, David R. K., Love, Steven G., Watson, James D.   +4 more
core  

Lepra: revisión bibliográfica a propósito de un caso clínico

Ateneo, 2021
La lepra es una enfermedad infecciosa que afecta a la piel, mucosas del tracto respiratorio superior, ojos y nervios periféricos, los microorganismos responsables son Mycobacterium leprae y Mycobacterium lepromatosis.
Pedro Martínez Borrero, Mauricio Coello, Pablo Ortega, Mauricio Merchán, Paola Belen Delgado Palacios   +4 more
doaj  

Heterogeneous persistence of Mycobacterium leprae in oral and nasal mucosa of multibacillary patients during multidrug therapy [PDF]

, 2022
Arthur da Silva Neumann, Amanda Nogueira Brum Fontes, Márcia Quinhones Pires Lopes, Philip Noël Suffys, Milton Ozório Moraes, Flávio Alves Lara   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

The interplay of DNA and lipid biomarkers in the detection of tuberculosis and leprosy in mummies and other skeletal remains [PDF]

, 2011
The detection of ancient DNA and lipid biomarkers has become established for the detection of tuberculosis and leprosy in archaeological material, including mummies.
Besra, GS, Donoghue, HD, Lee, O-C, Minnikin, DE, Spigelman, M   +4 more
core  

Neuropatia da Doença de Hansen: Um Diagnóstico a Considerar na Investigação da Neuropatia Periférica [PDF]

, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Leprosy is still one of the most frequent causes of peripheral neuropathy. Although regarded as eradicated in Portugal, is still documented in neuropathological study of patients with clinical peripheral neuropathy without proper ...
Costa, A., Guimarães, A., Melo-Pires, M., Taipa, Ri., Veiga, A.   +4 more
core   +1 more source