@article{25421,
  keywords = {Polymorphism, Multi-drug resistance, leprosy, Brazil},
  author = {Contreras Mejía MDC and Pôrto Dos Santos M and Villarouco Silva GA and Motta Passos I and Naveca FG and Graça Souza Cunha M and Moraes M and Paula L},
  title = {Identification of primary drug resistance to rifampin in Mycobacterium leprae strains from leprosy patients in Amazonas state, Brazil.},
  abstract = {<p>The aim of this study was to identify polymorphisms in the folp1, gyrA and rpoB genes in leprosy patients treated in Amazonas state, Brazil. Among 197 slit-skin smears samples from untreated or relapsed patients we found three cases of primary resistance to rifampicin and one confirmed case of multidrug resistance.</p>
},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Journal of clinical microbiology},
  issn = {1098-660X},
  url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313315/pdf/zjm4359.pdf},
  doi = {10.1128/JCM.01688-14},
  language = {eng},
}