Open AccessDetection of <em>Mycobacterium lepromatosis</em> in patients with leprosy in India
Author(s) -
Madhvi Ahuja,
Mallika Lavania,
Itu Singh,
Ravindra P. Turankar,
Seema Chhabra,
Tarun Narang,
Sunil Dogra,
Utpal Sengupta
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s166035
Subject(s) - leprosy , amplicon , skin biopsy , polymerase chain reaction , 16s ribosomal rna , medicine , biology , dermatology , gene , biopsy , genetics
The most commonly noted reactions in leprosy patients are type 1 reactions and erythema nodosum leprosum, with some rare phenomenon of host response known as Lucio phenomenon or leprosy of Lucio and Latapi which is caused by Mycobacterium lepromatosis . So far, no case of M. lepromatosis has been reported from India.
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