Transmission of drug-resistant leprosy in Guinea-Conakry detected by molecular epidemiological approaches
2016
Abstract
Molecular drug susceptibility testing was performed on skin biopsies from 24 leprosy patients from Guinea-Conakry for the first time. We identified primary drug resistance in 4 cases and a dapsone-resistant cluster caused by the same strain. Primary transmission of drug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae, including a rifampicin-resistant strain, is reported.
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Transmission of drug-resistant leprosy in Guinea-Conakry detected by molecular epidemiological approaches
Author(s)
Avanzi, Charlotte ; Busso, Philippe ; Benjak, Andrej ; Loiseau, Chloé ; Fomba, Abdoulaye ; Doumbia, Glodio ; Camara, Idrissa ; Lamou, André ; Sock, Gouressy ; Drame, Tiguidanké ; Kodio, Mamadou ; Sakho, Fatoumata ; Sow, Samba O ; Cole, Stewart ; Johnson, Roch Christian
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Clinical Infectious Disease
Pagination
3
Volume
63
Issue
11
Pages
1482-1484
Date
2016
Publisher
Cary, Oxford Univ Press Inc
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2016-10-27