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Short Report

Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the people’s Republic of China

Meiwen Yu1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for STD and Leprosy Control, China CDC, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Kan Wu1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for STD and Leprosy Control, China CDC, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Bing Pei2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Degang Yang2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Qiulin Wang1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for STD and Leprosy Control, China CDC, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Hongsheng Wang1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for STD and Leprosy Control, China CDC, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jianping Shen1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for STD and Leprosy Control, China CDC, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Liangbing Yan1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for STD and Leprosy Control, China CDC, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Guochen Zhang1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for STD and Leprosy Control, China CDC, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Pages 1097-1099 | Published online: 21 Aug 2013

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