What is the value of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of leprosy?

Leprosy Mailing List – April 11^th, 2011

Ref:     What is the value of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of leprosy? From:  Elsa Rada, Caracas, Venezuela

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Dear Dr Noto,

Thank you very much to Dr Antoine Mahé for his message (LML April 9^th, 2011).  I would also be very interested in knowing if there is any work reporting convincing data about the diagnose of active paucibacillary (PB) patients with PCR?

Yours sincerely,

Dr Elsa Rada (Ms)

Instituto de Biomedicina

Apartado 4043 1010A

Caracas, Venezuela