01316nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260006000042653002200102653002300124653001900147653001100166653002300177653001100200653002500211653001100236653001500247653001800262653002700280653000900307100001900316700002400335700001900359700002200378700001200400700001200412700001100424245008600435856007200521300001100593490000700604520032900611022001400940       2011                            d  c2011 DecbAmerican Society for MicrobiologyaWashington10aAged, 80 and over10aBacterial Proteins10aDNA, Bacterial10aFemale10aHistocytochemistry10aHumans10aLeprosy, lepromatous10aMexico10aMicroscopy10aMycobacterium10aSequence Analysis, DNA10aSkin1 aVera-Cabrera L1 aEscalante-Fuentes W1 aGomez-Flores M1 aOcampo-Candiani J1 aBusso P1 aSingh P1 aCole S00aCase of diffuse lepromatous leprosy associated with "Mycobacterium lepromatosis".  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232982/pdf/zjm4366.pdf  a4366-80 v493 a<p>An 86-year-old female patient from northeast Mexico presented with diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL). Sequence analysis of four genes (rrs, rpoB, sigA, and hsp65) from the skin biopsy specimen identified "Mycobacterium lepromatosis." This is the first independent confirmation of a case of DLL due to M. lepromatosis.</p>  a1098-660X