Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance of the leprosy bacillus mycobacterium leprae

HIGHLIGHTS

  • who: Andrej Benjak from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the paper: Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae, in the Journal: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • what: The authors develop and apply methods to isolate and purify M. leprae DNA that enable whole genome sequences to be obtained directly from human biopsy material, thus removing the necessity for passage through animals. It is thus possible that the ribD mutations the authors report here arose nearly 60 years ago following treatment with vadrine or another PAS derivative.

SUMMARY

    MDT, comprising rifampicin . . .

     

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