PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Leprosy is a chronic infection of the skin and nerves caused by Mycobacterium leprae and the newly discovered Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Human leprosy has been documented for millennia in ancient cultures. Recent genomic studies of worldwide M.
Xiang Y Han, Francisco J Silva
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Characterization of Mycobacterium leprae Genotypes in China--Identification of a New Polymorphism C251T in the 16S rRNA Gene. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Leprosy continues to be prevalent in some mountainous regions of China, and genotypes of leprosy strains endemic to the country are not known. Mycobacterium lepromatosis is a new species that was discovered in Mexico in 2008, and it remains unclear ...
Youhua Yuan +10 more
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The leprosy agents Mycobacterium lepromatosis and Mycobacterium leprae in Mexico [PDF]
International Journal of Dermatology, 2012 AbstractBackground Mycobacterium leprae was the only known cause of leprosy until 2008, when a new species, named Mycobacterium lepromatosis, was found to cause diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL), a unique form of leprosy endemic in Mexico.Methods We sought to differentiate the leprosy agents among 120 Mexican patients with various clinical forms of ...
Xiang Y, Han +4 more
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Draft Genome Sequence of New Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis [PDF]
Genome Announcements, 2015 ABSTRACT Mycobacterium lepromatosis is a newly discovered cause of leprosy. Here, we present a near-complete genome of M. lepromatosis from strain FJ924 obtained from a patient who died of leprosy.
Han, Xiang Y. +5 more
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This scoping review aims to map and characterize the methods used to demonstrate or infer the viability of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis.
Luis Alberto Ribeiro Froes Junior
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Mycobacterium lepromatosis Lepromatous Leprosy in US Citizen Who Traveled to Disease-Endemic Areas [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Ajay Vir Singh, Devendra Singh Chauhan
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Pathologie et archéologie de la lèpre : une maladie infectieuse chronique
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2022 Leprosy is an infectious disease due to the bacilli Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis and it has affected mankind since the 4th millennium BC. It has a long incubation period and its evolution is that of a chronic infection.
Pascal Sellier
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Mycobacterium lepromatosis Lepromatous Leprosy in US Citizen Who Traveled to Disease-Endemic Areas [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Gaurav Sharma, Vishnu Dutt Sharma
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Diffuse Lepromatous Leprosy Due to Mycobacterium lepromatosis in Quintana Roo, Mexico [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015 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 .
Xiang Y, Han, Marco, Quintanilla
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Genomic characterization of Mycobacterium lepromatosis from ENL patients from India
Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2023 Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Both organisms cannot be cultured in vitro. M. lepromatosis was found to be associated mainly with diffuse lepromatous leprosy and with Lucio's phenomena initially. Later, M. lepromatosis was observed in borderline leprosy cases (BL), lepromatous leprosy cases (LL) and leprosy ...
Itu, Singh +9 more
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