Multidrug Resistant Mycobacterium leprae from Patients with Leprosy

AUTOR(ES)

Maeda, Shinji

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Sequences of the folP1, rpoB, and gyrA genes were analyzed for 88 isolates of Mycobacterium leprae from leprosy patients in Japan, Haiti, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Thirteen isolates (14.8%) showed representative mutations in more than two genes, suggesting the emergence of multidrug-resistant M. leprae.

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