A new Mycobacterium species causing diffuse lepromatous leprosy

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 856-864

  Han, Xiang Y ^a   Seo, Yiel Hea ^a,d   Sizer, Kurt C ^a   Schoberle, Taylor ^a   May, Gregory S ^a   Spencer, John S ^b   Li, Wei ^b   Nair, R Geetha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Maricopa Integrated Health System   (United States)

^d Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Leprosy; Lucio phenomenon; Mycobacterium; rpoT

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; FATAL OUTCOME; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 58049217551     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPP72FJZZRRVMM     Document Type: Article

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