Open AccessIsolation ofMycobacterium lepromatosisand Development of Molecular Diagnostic Assays to DistinguishMycobacterium lepraeandM. lepromatosis
Author(s) -
Rahul Sharma,
Pushpendra Singh,
Rajiv C. McCoy,
Shan M Lenz,
Kelly M. Donovan,
Martín Ochoa,
Iris EstradaGarcía,
Mayra Silva-Miranda,
Fermín JuradoSanta Cruz,
Marivic Balagon,
Barbara M. Stryjewska,
David M. Scollard,
María Peña,
Ramanuj Lahiri,
Diana L. Williams,
Richard W. Truman,
Linda B. Adams
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz1121
Subject(s) - mycobacterium leprae , leprosy , polymerase chain reaction , lepromatous leprosy , mycobacterium , bacilli , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , virology , biology , tuberculosis , bacteria , pathology , gene , genetics
Mycobacterium leprae was thought to be the exclusive causative agent of leprosy until Mycobacterium lepromatosis was identified in a rare form of leprosy known as diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL).