Transmission of drug-resistant leprosy in Guinea-Conakry detected by molecular epidemiological approaches

Avanzi, CharlotteBusso, PhilippeBenjak, AndrejLoiseau, ChloéFomba, AbdoulayeDoumbia, GlodioCamara, IdrissaLamou, AndréSock, GouressyDrame, TiguidankéKodio, MamadouSakho, FatoumataSow, Samba OCole, StewartJohnson, Roch Christian2016-10-272016-10-272016-10-27201610.1093/cid/ciw572https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/130803WOS:000392713900014Molecular 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.leprosyGuinea-Conakrydrug resistanceTransmission of drug-resistant leprosy in Guinea-Conakry detected by molecular epidemiological approachestext::journal::journal article::research article