Skin biopsies from US leprosy patients were tested for mutations associated with drug resistance. Dapsone resistance was found in 4 of 6 biopsies from American Samoa patients. No resistance was observed in patients from other origins. The high rate of dapsone resistance in patients from American Samoa warrants further investigation.
BT - Emerging infectious diseases C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016255?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.3201/eid2408.180033 IS - 8 J2 - Emerging Infect. Dis. LA - eng N2 -Skin biopsies from US leprosy patients were tested for mutations associated with drug resistance. Dapsone resistance was found in 4 of 6 biopsies from American Samoa patients. No resistance was observed in patients from other origins. The high rate of dapsone resistance in patients from American Samoa warrants further investigation.
PY - 2018 SP - 1584 EP - 1585 T2 - Emerging infectious diseases TI - Dapsone resistance in leprosy patients originally from American Samoa, United States, 2010-2012. UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/8/18-0033_article VL - 24 SN - 1080-6059 ER -