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Lesions from eight cats yielded a sequence consistent with <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>ycobacterium lepraemurium<\/jats:italic>, while <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>ycobacterium microti<\/jats:italic> was identified postmortem from the cutaneous lesion in the cat originating from central <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">F<\/jats:styled-content>rance and euthanized for its debilitating condition. No <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content> product could be amplified from the remaining specimen.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and clinical importance<\/jats:title><jats:p>Based on this geographically restricted case series, feline leprosy in southern <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">F<\/jats:styled-content>rance is most likely to be caused by <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>.\u00a0lepraemurium<\/jats:italic> and presents as a generally self\u2010limiting disease. 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