01426nas a2200349   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001300054653001300067653009400080653002200174653001900196653006100215653002500276653003100301653001900332653005800351653001300409653001200422653004000434100002100474700002100495700001900516700001200535700001300547245006200560856006900622300001400691490000700705520035000712022001401062       2022                            d  c05/202210aAdams LB10aColombia10aColombia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 May [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.21201510aEscobar-Builes MV10aHansen disease10aLahiri R. Mycobacterium lepromatosis as cause of leprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10aMycobacterium lepromatosis10aSerrano-Coll H10aSuggested citation for this article: Cardona-Castro N10aBacteria10aleprosy10aTuberculosis and other mycobacteria1 aCardona-Castro N1 aEscobar-Builes M1 aSerrano-Coll H1 aAdams L1 aLahiri R00aMycobacterium lepromatosis as Cause of Leprosy, Colombia.  uhttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/5/pdfs/21-2015-combined.pdf  a1067-10680 v283 a<p>Leprosy is a granulomatous infection caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae or M. lepromatosis. We evaluated skin biopsy and slit skin smear samples from 92 leprosy patients in Colombia by quantitative PCR. Five (5.4%) patients tested positive for M. lepromatosis, providing evidence of the presence of this pathogen in Colombia.</p>
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