Throughout Mycobacterium leprae’s (M. leprae) evolutionary trajectory, nearly half of its genome was converted into pseudogenes. Despite this drastic reduction in genetic content, the genome sequence identity among M. leprae isolates worldwide is remarkably high compared to other pathogens. In this stu...
No Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) a resistência aos antimicrobianos dapsona
(DDS), rifampicina (RIF) e ofloxacina (OFLO) se dá, primariamente, pela ocorrência de
mutações em sequências conservadas dos genes folP1, rpoB e gyrA. Na rotina do Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, muitos pacientes que apr...
A hanseníase é uma doença crônica que afeta principalmente os nervos periféricos e a pele, causada pelo Mycobacterium leprae, um parasita intracelular. O tratamento de primeira escolha na hanseníase é a poliquimioterapia (PQT) composta por rifampicina, dapsona e clofazimina. Estudos têm investiga...
Leprosy is a prevalent disease in Brazil, which ranks as the country with the second highest number of cases in the world. The disease manifests in a spectrum of forms, and genetic differences in the host can help to elucidate the immunopathogenesis. For a better understanding of MICA association with le...
Despite intense efforts, the number of new cases of leprosy has remained significantly high over the past 20 years. Host genetic background is strongly linked to the pathogenesis of this disease, which is caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), and there is a consensus that the most significant genet...
