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Transmission of Drug-Resistant Leprosy in Guinea-Conakry Detected Using Molecular Epidemiological Approaches: Table 1.

2016; Oxford University Press; Volume: 63; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/ciw572

1537-6591

Charlotte Avanzi, Philippe Busso, Andrej Benjak, Chloé Loiseau, Fomba Abdoulaye, Glodia Doumbia, Idrissa Camara, André Lamou, Gouressy Sock, Tiguidanké Drame, Mamadou Kodio, Fatoumata Sakho, Samba O. Sow, Stewart T. Cole, Roch Christian Johnson,

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Molecular drug susceptibility testing was performed on skin biopsies from 24 leprosy patients from Guinea-Conakry for the first time. We identified primary drug resistance in 4 cases and a dapsone-resistant cluster caused by the same strain. Primary transmission of drug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae, including a rifampicin-resistant strain, is reported.