Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA by polymerase chain reaction in the blood of individuals, eight years after completion of anti-leprosy therapy

Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA by polymerase chain reaction in the blood of individuals, eight years after completion of anti-leprosy therapy

Thirty eight patients with indeterminate leprosy (HI), at least 4 to 6 years after discharge from multibacillary (MB) or paucibacillary (PB) schemes of anti leprosy multidrug therapy (MDT), were submitted to traditional diagnostic procedures for leprosy and to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysi...

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Main Authors: Adalberto Rezende Santos, Vivian Balassiano, Maria Leide W Oliveira, Marcia Aparecida da Silva Pereira, Patricia Barros Santos, Wim Maurits Degrave, Philip Noel Suffys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2001-11-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Mycobacterium leprae
PCR
diagnosis
therapy
post-treatment
paucibacillary
leprosy
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