Heterogeneous persistence of Mycobacterium leprae in oral and nasal mucosa of multibacillary patients during multidrug therapy.
Arthur da Silva NeumannAmanda Nogueira Brum FontesMárcia Quinhones Pires LopesPhilip Noel SuffysMilton Ozório MoraesFlavio Alves LaraPublished in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2022)
We concluded that qPCR of 16S rRNA for the determination of M. leprae viability in nasal and oral scraping samples could represent an interesting approach to monitor treatment efficacy.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- drug resistant
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- chronic rhinosinusitis
- patient reported outcomes
- high resolution
- multidrug resistant
- mesenchymal stem cells
- replacement therapy
- smoking cessation
- tandem mass spectrometry