What is the evidence that the putative Mycobacterium lepromatosis species causes diffuse lepromatous leprosy?

Leprosy Review

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-209

  Gillis, Thomas P ^a   Scollard, David M ^a   Lockwood, Diana N J ^b,c  

^a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ^*

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HSP65 GENE; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MMAA GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PURPURIC RASH; RIF RPOS GENE; RPOB GENE; RPOT GENE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN NECROSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VASCULITIS;

GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80054761343     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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