@article{29171, author = {Avanzi C and Busso P and Benjak A and Loiseau C and Fomba A and Doumbia G and Camara I and Lamou A and Sock G and Drame T and Kodio M and Sakho F and Sow S and Cole S and Johnson RC}, title = {Transmission of Drug-Resistant Leprosy in Guinea-Conakry Detected Using Molecular Epidemiological Approaches.}, 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.
}, year = {2016}, journal = {Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America}, volume = {63}, pages = {1482-1484}, issn = {1537-6591}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/63/11/1482/2526216}, doi = {10.1093/cid/ciw572}, language = {eng}, }