Borderline Lepromatous Leprosy in an Italian Man [PDF]
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013 We report a 77-year-old man from Italy with a painful, red right eye with decreased vision (Figure 1A) and multiple asymptomatic erythematous infiltrated nodules and edematous plaques on the face (Figure 1B), tongue (Figure 1C), and trunk and extremities
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Lepromatous leprosy: A rare presentation in Australia
Australasian Medical Journal, 2013 Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is caused by the obligate intracellular organism Mycobacterium leprae. It is an infectious, chronic granulomatous disease transmitted through close contact.
Sally Barkla
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Revealing Erythema Nodosum Leprosum in a Leprosy Patient: A Case of Treatment Noncompliance. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisLepra reactions (LR) are acute inflammatory conditions with immune mediators that are highly morbid. Patients with the lepromatous end of the leprosy spectrum (BL‐LL) are the only ones who develop Type‐2 LR. 90% of the time, it happens during or right after treatment, usually within 2 years.
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Increased CD8<sup>dim</sup> and Decreased CD8<sup>bright</sup> T Cells as Immunological Signature for Multibacilary Leprosy Patients. [PDF]
ImmunologyLeprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, manifests in a spectrum of clinical forms and severity. This study investigated the percentage of CD8+ T cells and their subpopulations (CD8bright and CD8dim T cells) in leprosy patients stratified by clinical forms, bacterial load, and age.
de Castro YS +7 more
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Conjugal Secondary Syphilis With Divergent Cutaneous Manifestations: Papulonodular Variant. [PDF]
Clin Case RepSecondary syphilis (Papulonodular variant). Multiple erythematous papules and nodules on the (a) left side of the neck, (b) posterior neck, and (c) face. (d) Solitary indurated, erythematous papule over the shaft of the penis (arrow). ABSTRACT Syphilis should be considered in patients with atypical papulonodular eruptions, as even conjugal cases may ...
Mathur M +5 more
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Histoid leprosy in a 12-year-old child: A rare presentation
Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2016 Histoid leprosy is a clinical variant of nodular form of lepromatous leprosy. De novo histoid leprosy in children is a rare clinical presentation. We hereby report a case of a 12-year-old child presenting with lesions of histoid leprosy.
Sandeep Anilrao Kulkarni +2 more
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Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy during murine Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: increased mortality in the absence of liver injury. [PDF]
, 2003 Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of gram-negative bacterial pneumonia, often resulting in bacteremia concurrent with the localized pulmonary infection.
Cogen, Anna L +4 more
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Diffuse Multibacillary Leprosy of Lucio and Latapí with Lucio’s Phenomenon, Peru
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Diffuse multibacillary leprosy of Lucio and Latapí is mainly reported in Mexico and Central America. We report a case in a 65-year-old man in Peru. He also had Lucio’s phenomenon, characterized by vascular thrombosis and invasion of blood vessel walls by
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PLoS ONE, 2015 We have examined a 5th to 6th century inhumation from Great Chesterford, Essex, UK. The incomplete remains are those of a young male, aged around 21–35 years at death.
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Mycobacterium lepromatosis Lepromatous Leprosy in US Citizen Who Traveled to Disease-Endemic Areas
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 We report Mycobacterium lepromatosis infection in a US-born person with an extensive international travel history. Clinical symptoms, histopathology, and management are similar to those of infections caused by M. leprae.
Abinash Virk +7 more
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