Han Xiang Y, Quintanilla Marco
Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Dermatologic Clinic of Chetumal, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Nov;53(11):3695-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01951-15. Epub 2015 Aug 26.
A 43-year-old woman of Mayan origin from Quintana Roo, Mexico, was diagnosed with diffuse lepromatous leprosy. The etiologic bacillus was determined to be Mycobacterium lepromatosis instead of Mycobacterium leprae. This case likely represents the first report of this leprosy form and its agent in the southeastern tip of Mexico.
一名来自墨西哥金塔纳罗奥州的43岁玛雅裔女性被诊断为弥漫性瘤型麻风。经鉴定,致病杆菌为瘤型麻风分枝杆菌而非麻风分枝杆菌。该病例可能是墨西哥最南端地区这种麻风类型及其病原体的首例报告。