Leprosy is caused by two different but similar bacteria—Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis—the latter having ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that by 4 weeks of treatment, bedaquiline monotherapy ...

The following is a summary of “A rapid and sensitive extraction-free HiFi-LAMP assay for detecting Mycobacterium leprae,” ...

Leprosy, also called Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease due to the bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae. It mainly affects the skin, peripheral nerves, the upper respiratory tract ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disorder, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which is a typical intracellular pathogen. Transient or long-standing bacteremia is thought to be required for successful ...

In this proof-of-concept study, bedaquiline therapy cleared Mycobacterium leprae by four weeks of treatment in patients with ...