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Clinical, histopathological, and molecular characterization of leprosy in an endemic area of the colombian caribbean

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021
Background: Mycobacterium leprae was considered the only causal agent of leprosy until Mycobacterium lepromatosis was identified' which it has been suggested has greater pathogenicity and is linked to diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL) and Lucio's ...
Maria Carolina Fragozo-Ramos, Eder Cano-Pérez, Rita Magola Sierra-Merlano, Francisco Camacho-Chaljub, Doris Gómez-Camargo   +4 more
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Métodos tintoriais utilizados na identificação do Mycobacterium leprae: revisão histológica Staining methods used in the identification of Mycobacterium leprae: historical review

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1984
Foi feita revisão histórica sobre métodos tintoriais utilizados na identificação baciloscópica do Mycobacterium leprae. Ao lado da descrição de cada método, e suas variantes, é feita extensa revisão bibliográfica.A historical review of the staining ...
Luiz Fernando de Góes Siqueira, Regina Gomes de Almeida, Walter Belda   +2 more
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Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in the state of São Paulo, an area of low-leprosy incidence in Brazil [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2023
Background: Brazil has the second largest number of leprosy cases worldwide, and the state of São Paulo has been considered non-endemic since 2006. Methods: We analyzed 16 variable number tandem repeats loci and three single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
Amanda Juliane Finardi, Nathan Guilherme de Oliveira, Eloise Brasil de Moraes, Lavínia Cássia Ferreira Batista, Bruna Eduarda Bortolomai, Philip Noel Suffys, Ida Maria Foschiani Dias Baptista   +6 more
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Ancient genomes reveal a high diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in medieval Europe

PLoS Pathogens, 2018
Studying ancient DNA allows us to retrace the evolutionary history of human pathogens, such as Mycobacterium leprae, the main causative agent of leprosy. Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded and most stigmatizing diseases in human history.
V. Schuenemann, V. Schuenemann, C. Avanzi, Ben Krause-Kyora, Alexander Seitz, A. Herbig, S. Inskip, Marion Bonazzi, Ella Reiter, C. Urban, D. Pedersen, G. M. Taylor, Pushpendra Singh, Pushpendra Singh, G. Stewart, P. Velemínský, J. Likovský, A. Marcsik, Erika Molnár, G. Pálfi, V. Mariotti, Alessandro Riga, M. G. Belcastro, J. Boldsen, A. Nebel, S. Mays, H. Donoghue, S. Zakrzewski, A. Benjak, K. Nieselt, S. Cole, S. Cole, J. Krause   +32 more
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Intact Mycobacterium leprae Isolated from Placenta of a Pregnant Woman, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Whether Mycobacterium leprae transmits from placenta to fetus remains unknown. We describe the case of a pregnant woman with untreated histoid leproma. Although her newborn was healthy, laboratory examination revealed intact M.
Zhiming Chen, Yanfei Kuang, Haiqin Jiang, Wenyue Zhang, Ying Shi, Santosh Chokkakula, Huan Chen, Junhua Li, Hongsheng Wang   +8 more
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess

IDCases, 2023
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. They are environmental organisms which have been implicated in a wide array of clinical syndromes. Here we describe a case of a
Anthony Robateau Colón, Eibhlin Higgins, Nicholas Boire, Nathan Cummins, Kymberly D. Watt   +4 more
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Comparison of Efficacy of Slit Skin Smear and Fite Faraco Stain on Histopathology Specimens in Cases of Leprosy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Introduction: Hansen’s disease is an infectious granulomatous disorder with Mycobacterium leprae being the causative agent. Mycobacterium Leprae is an acid-fast bacillus which grows slowly inside host cells mainly neural Schwann cell as well as cutaneous
Aishwarya Bhalchandra Patil, Adarsh Lata Singh, Bhushan Madke, Anugandha Ghatge, Sugat Jawade, Sudhir Singh   +5 more
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Comportamento tintorial do Mycobacterium leprae: revisão histórica Tinctorial behavior of Mycobacterium leprae: a historical review

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1983
Foi feita revisão histórica sobre os corantes utilizados na identificação do Mycobacterium leprae. Foram analisadas para cada corante, sua composição química, propriedades tintoriais e a capacidade de assimilação pelo bacilo nas diversas técnicas de ...
Luiz Fernando de Góes Siqueira, Regina Gomes de Almeida, Walter Belda   +2 more
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Fecal Excretion of Mycobacterium leprae, Burkina Faso

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
Mycobacterium leprae was detected by optical microscopy, fluorescent in situ hybridization, and molecular detection in feces collected for the diagnosis of Entamoeba coli enteritis in a leprosy patient in Burkina Faso.
Anselme Millogo, Ahmed Loukil, Coralie L’Ollivier, Diakourga Arthur Djibougou, Sylvain Godreuil, Michel Drancourt   +5 more
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Emergence and Transmission of Drug-/Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in a Former Leprosy Colony in the Brazilian Amazon

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Leprosy has been treated with multidrug therapy, which has been distributed for free across the globe and regarded as highly efficient. However, the impossibility of growing Mycobacterium leprae in axenic media has historically impaired ...
P. Rosa, Helena R S D'Espindula, A. Melo, A. Fontes, A. Finardi, A. Belone, B. Sartori, C. Pires, C. Soares, Flávio B Marques, Francisco J D Branco, I. Baptista, L. M. Trino, L. Fachin, M. Xavier, M. C. Floriano, S. Ura, S. M. Diório, W. F. B. Delanina, M. Moraes, M. Virmond, P. Suffys, M. Mira   +22 more
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