TY - JOUR
KW - Polymorphism
KW - Multi-drug resistance
KW - leprosy
KW - Brazil
AU - Contreras Mejía MDC
AU - Pôrto Dos Santos M
AU - Villarouco Silva GA
AU - Motta Passos I
AU - Naveca FG
AU - Graça Souza Cunha M
AU - Moraes M
AU - Paula L
AB - <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>

BT - Journal of clinical microbiology
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25274993?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.1128/JCM.01688-14
J2 - J. Clin. Microbiol.
LA - eng
N2 - <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>

PY - 2014
T2 - Journal of clinical microbiology
TI - Identification of primary drug resistance to rifampin in Mycobacterium leprae strains from leprosy patients in Amazonas state, Brazil.
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313315/pdf/zjm4359.pdf
SN - 1098-660X
ER -