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Recognition of Mycobacterium leprae antigens with antibodies present in sera from patients with lepromatous leprosy

, 1993
A great diversity of antigens from Mycobacterium leprae have been described. One practical approach should be to utilize them as markers to indicate when a household contact is at risk of becoming infected and then moving to an active form of leprosy ...
Fafutis-Morris, M., Islas-Rodriguez, A.E., Estrada-Parra, I., Guillen-Vargas, C.M., Alfaro- Bustamante, F., Morales-Ortiz, R., Gonzalez-Mendoza, A.   +6 more
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Case Report - Presence of Mycobacterium leprae in epidermal cells of lepromatous skin and its significance

, 2005
A 49-year-old man with lepromatous leprosy treated with dapsone monotherapy for 12 years (1967 to 1979) reported in the hospital in 2003, with relapsed disease. A slit skin smear showed a bacteriological index of 4+.
Jasmita Satapathy, Bikash Ranjan Kar, C. K. Job   +2 more
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M. leprae, M. lepromatosis, and Leprosy: Surprises and Surmises. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg
Scollard DM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Infantile lepromatous leprosy with vulvar localization

, 2011
Reports of leprosy during the first year of life are uncommon. In the early diagnosis, the spectrum for most of the children is reported to be largely confined to tuberculoid (TT), borderline tuberculoid (BT), mid-borderline (BB), and indeterminate forms
Aylin Okçu-Heper, Cengizhan Erdem, Pertevniyal Bodamyali, Nihal Kundakçi, Bengü Nisa Akay, Aynur Akyol   +5 more
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Diagnosis and therapeutic outcomes of biopsy-confirmed Pure Neuritic Leprosy: A two-decade experience. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Sarkar S, Miraclin T A, Jayachandran R, Jasper A, Eapen RA, Mathew L, Sathishkumar D, Peter D, George L, Vanjare HA, Bal D, R H, Nair AV, Ahmed SAI, Prabhakar AT, Mathew V, Aaron S, Pulimood S, Sathyakumar R, Chacko G, Sivadasan A.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluation of Serum Levels of IL-17 and IL-22 in Leprosy: A Case-Control Study. [PDF]

Cureus
Nanda A, Mahendra A, Dabhra A, Gupta S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Serum sCD23 in patients with lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy

, 1998
Tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy (TL and LL) manifest exaggerated Th1 and Th2 type immunity, respectively. Serum soluble CD23, which is regulated by the stimulatory action of IL4 and inhibitory action of IFNγ, was significantly elevated in LL relative
Bansal, Amolak S., Wilson, Phillip B., Anyiwo, Clement E., Bruce, Jon   +3 more
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Pretibial myxedema-like lesions in a 74-Year-old male with lepromatous leprosy and type 2 lepra reaction. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Zhang X, Hamal K, Liu D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Delayed diagnosis and poor treatment compliance remain key challenges in leprosy control: a case of lepromatous leprosy with type 2 reaction. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Thilakarathna M, Uthayarajan N, Siriwardena C, Pallewatte N, Deepachandi B.   +4 more
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Nodular and abscessed pinna in lepromatous leprosy with Type 2 lepra reaction. [PDF]

IDCases
Vangala NN, Gedam M, Singh A, Madke B, H V.   +4 more
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