@article{65c2dd330f024bf3bc6bb35c16eaae62,
title = "Detection of mycobacterium leprae by PCR Testing of sputa from a patient with pulmonary cryptococcus coinfection in Northern Australia",
abstract = "A case of fever, sepsis, and chest lesions evident on a computed tomography scan of an indigenous man in northern Australia following burns to the feet is described. Sputum PCR testing revealed Mycobacterium leprae, and a fine-needle aspirate of the chest lesions demonstrated Cryptococcus coinfection. ",
keywords = "amphotericin, azithromycin, clofazimine, fluconazole, flucytosine, hemoglobin, internal transcribed spacer, meropenem, ofloxacin, rifampicin, adult, Article, Australia, bacterium detection, breathing rate, burn, case report, computer assisted tomography, coughing, Cryptococcus, disease association, fever, fine needle aspiration biopsy, human, human tissue, hypotension, leukocyte count, male, medical history, middle aged, mixed infection, multibacillary leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, oxygen saturation, polymerase chain reaction, pulmonary cryptococcosis, sepsis, tachycardia, thorax radiography, thrombocyte count, Coinfection, complication, cryptococcosis, Filobasidiella, genetics, isolation and purification, leprosy, lung, lung mycosis, microbiology, pathology, population group, procedures, sputum, Biopsy, Fine-Needle, Burns, Cryptococcosis, Humans, Leprosy, Lung, Lung Diseases, Fungal, Male, Middle Aged, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Population Groups, Radiography, Thoracic, Sputum, Tomography, X-Ray Computed",
author = "Laura Edwards and Ric Price and Vicki Krause and Sarah Huffam and Maria Globan and Janet Fyfe and Krispin Hajkowicz",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1128/JCM.01060-14",
language = "English",
volume = "52",
pages = "3811--3812",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",
issn = "0095-1137",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "10",
}
