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Drug and multidrug resistance among Mycobacterium leprae isolates from Brazilian relapsed leprosy patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2012
da Silva Rocha Adalgiza, Cunha Maria das Graças, Diniz Lucia Martins, Salgado Claudio, Aires Maria Araci P, Nery José Augusto, Gallo Eugênia Novisck, Miranda Alice, Magnanini Monica M F, Matsuoka Masanori, Sarno Euzenir Nunes, Suffys Philip Noel, de Oliveira Maria Leide W
Abstract excerpt
Skin biopsy samples from 145 relapse leprosy cases and from five different regions in Brazil were submitted for sequence analysis of part of the genes associated with Mycobacterium leprae drug resistance. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in these genes were observed in M. leprae from 4 out...
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