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Diffuse lepromatous leprosy caused by dual infection of mycobacterium leprae and mycobacterium lepromatosis: A case report

Dermatology Reports, 2019
M. lepromatosis is the dominant cause of leprosy in Mexico and it co-exists with M. leprae in endemic areas as the once elusive second cause of leprosy. A 41-year-old Madurese woman came with multiple ulcer on her legs, hands and buttock. The ulcers were
Ridha Ramadina Widiatma, Hari Sukanto
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Coexistence of Scrofuloderma and Lepromatous Leprosy in Reaction: A Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Leprosy and tuberculosis (TB) are both chronic granulomatous infections caused by bacilli of the genus Mycobacterium. The simultaneous occurrence of cutaneous tuberculosis and leprosy is rare. We report a 56‐year‐old male presenting with painful erythematous nodules and plaques over the face and extremities for 1 week, along with asymptomatic ...
Khadka A, Mishra P, Shrestha A, Chaulagain G.   +3 more
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Increased Expression of Regulatory T Cells and Down-Regulatory Molecules in Lepromatous Leprosy [PDF]

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012
Maria L. Palermo, Carla Pagliari, Maria Ângela Bianconcini Trindade, Tânia Mara T Yamashitafuji, Alberto J. S. Duarte, Camila R. Cacere, Gil Benard   +6 more
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Lack of effects of the TNF-α and IL-10 gene polymorphisms in Mexican patients with lepromatous leprosy

Leprosy Review, 2012
Several human genetic variants have been associated with susceptibility or resistance to leprosy. The aim of this study was to assess whether gene polymorphisms of -308 G/A TNF-alpha and -819 T/C IL-10 are associated with lepromatous leprosy in Mexican ...
Jesús Salvador Velarde‐Félix, Silvestre Guadalupe Cázarez-Salazar, Juan José Ríos‐Tostado, Aurelio Flores García, Héctor Rangel‐Villalobos, Joel Murillo‐Llanes   +5 more
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Case of Diffuse Lepromatous Leprosy Associated with “Mycobacterium lepromatosis”

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2011
Lucio Vera‐Cabrera, Wendy G. Escalante-Fuentes, Minerva Gómez‐Flores, Jorge Ocampo‐Candiani, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh, Stewart T. Cole   +6 more
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Pancytopenia due to lepromatous involvement of the bone marrow: Successful treatment with multidrug therapy

Leprosy Review, 2013
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease with a wide spectrum of signs and symptoms depending on the ability of the host's immune system to resist the infection.
Manikoth Payyanadan Binitha, Sarita Sasidharanpillai, Najeeba Riyaz, Mary Vineetha   +3 more
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A rare case of lepromatous leprosy in Germany. [PDF]

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 23, Issue 11, Page 1454-1456, November 2025.
Saternus R, Bretzel G, Tsulaia T, Burckhardt K, Yordanova K, Müller SE, Jahn S, Vogt T, Schneitler S.   +8 more
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A Case of Lepromatous Leprosy With Erythema Nodosum Leprosum

Cureus, 2023
Erythema nodosum leprosum is an immunologic reaction that occurs in patients with lepromatous leprosy. We present the case of a 23-year-old female with a one-week history of fever and painful erythematous nodules along her upper and lower extremities ...
Lily Park, Carly E. Wallace, Gabriella Vasile, C. Buckley   +3 more
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The immune-suppressive landscape in lepromatous leprosy revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing

Cell Discovery, 2022
Lepromatous leprosy (L-LEP), caused by the massive proliferation of Mycobacterium leprae primarily in macrophages, is an ideal disease model for investigating the molecular mechanism of intracellular bacteria evading or modulating host immune response ...
Z. Mi, Zhenzhen Wang, Xiao-ling Xue, Tingting Liu, Chuan Wang, Lele Sun, G. Yu, Yuan Zhang, Peidian Shi, Yonghu Sun, Yongliang Yang, Shanshan Ma, Zhe Wang, Yueqian Yu, Jianjun Liu, Hong Liu, Furen Zhang   +16 more
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Uncommon Presentation of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Nonendemic Setting: A Case Report. [PDF]

Case Rep Med
Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, remains a significant public health concern in certain endemic regions, but it is rarely encountered in nonendemic areas, posing diagnostic challenges. This case report discusses an unusual presentation of lepromatous leprosy in a patient residing in Saudi Arabia with no history of travel to endemic regions. The
Osman ME, Alharby TN, Alhabeeb Y, Elshenawy A, Alreshidi HG, Saja Saleem Alhayeti SS, Alshammari AA.   +6 more
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