Case of diffuse lepromatous leprosy associated with "Mycobacterium lepromatosis"

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Dec;49(12):4366-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05634-11. Epub 2011 Oct 19.

Abstract

An 86-year-old female patient from northeast Mexico presented with diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL). Sequence analysis of four genes (rrs, rpoB, sigA, and hsp65) from the skin biopsy specimen identified "Mycobacterium lepromatosis." This is the first independent confirmation of a case of DLL due to M. lepromatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / diagnosis*
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / microbiology*
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / pathology
  • Mexico
  • Microscopy
  • Mycobacterium / classification
  • Mycobacterium / genetics
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Skin / pathology

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial