Multidrug resistant Mycobacterium leprae from patients with leprosy.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Maeda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC90887 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature