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ArticleIndian journal of dermatology

Genomic Reduction at TTC Repeats in the Bacterial Genome of Treated Cases of Hansen's Disease: A Possible Survival Mechanism of

Abu Hena Hasanoor Reja, Abhishek De, Pradip Kumar Patra, Supratik Biswas, Umesh Duttagupta, Amrita Sil, Nibir Biswas, Surajita Bannerjee, Aarti Sarda, Basudev Bhattacharya

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Article in Indian journal of dermatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abu Hena Hasanoor RejaDepartment of Biochemistry, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Abhishek DeDepartment of Dermatology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Pradip Kumar PatraDepartment of Biochemistry, PTJNM Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Supratik BiswasDepartment of Biochemistry, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Umesh DuttaguptaNational Jalma Institute of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Amrita SilDepartment of Pharmacology, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Nibir BiswasDepartment of Dermatology, School of Tropical Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Surajita BannerjeeDepartment of Dermatology, KPC Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Aarti SardaDepartment of Biochemistry, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Basudev BhattacharyaDepartment of Biochemistry, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · INCalcutta National Medical College and Hospital · INKPC Medical College and Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimThe present study aimed to find out if there was any evidence of genomic reduction in treated cases of Hansen's disease that showed microbiological nonresponse.

methodsSkin biopsies were taken from treated cases of Hansen's disease at tertiary centers in Kolkata and at Raipur who had bacterial index (BI) unchanged or increased compared to their pretreatment BI. Analysis for the mutation in

resultsA total of 127 patients were included in the study of which in 52 the BI remained same and 75 had an increase in BI, even after 6 months of completion of multidrug therapy. Among the samples, 2 had positive

conclusionWe concluded that there was evidence of genomic reduction, which might lead to microbiological nonresponse in treated cases of Hansen's disease. This indicated a possibility of future persistence and relapse.

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Genomic reductionhansen's diseasemycobacterium lepraerelapseresistancettc repeats

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