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ABSTRACT This paper presents and tests a new method for publishing and diagnosing leprosy‐related skeletal lesions while making available the leprosy‐related demographic data and pathology for St Mary Magdalen, Winchester (MMW). This method can facilitate interstudy comparisons of leprosy prevalence and severity by improving data comparability.
A. A. Blom +5 more
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Head and Neck Clinical Signs Associated With Diseases: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT Objective Clinical signs observed during head and neck examination offer important diagnostic clues. This scoping review aimed to identify key clinical signs in this region associated with diseases and syndromes and to map them according to their location. Methods An electronic literature search was performed in five databases (Embase, LILACS,
Helena Miguel Cotter +8 more
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Report of two cases of lepromatous leprosy at an early age
Leprosy is an infectious disease that has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Lepromatous leprosy has a deficient cellular immune response and high bacillary multiplication.
Gabriela Belmonte Dorilêo +3 more
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A Multiepitope‐Based Lateral Flow Assay for Leprosy Antibodies
An innovative lateral flow assay for leprosy diagnosis is based on gold nanoparticles and synthetic Mycobacterium leprae epitopes conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin protein to enhance antibody detection. This strategy provides a rapid, accurate, and low‐cost approach for resource‐limited settings, enabling the early detection of infection. Leprosy
Cristiane Zocatelli‐Ribeiro +7 more
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Lucio's phenomenon: exuberant case report and review of Brazilian cases [PDF]
Lucio’s phenomenon is an uncommon reaction characterized by severe necrotizing cutaneous lesions that occurs in patients with Lucio’s leprosy and lepromatous leprosy. It is considered by some authors as a variant of type 2 or 3 reaction.
Rafael Henrique Rocha +5 more
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CD4+ Th17 cells discriminate clinical types and constitute a third subset of non Th1, Non Th2 T cells in human leprosy. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Patients with localized tuberculoid and generalized lepromatous leprosy show respectively Th1 and Th2 cytokine profile. Additionally, other patients in both types of leprosy also show a non discriminating Th0 cytokine profile with both ...
Chaman Saini, V Ramesh, Indira Nath
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Borderline" lepromatous leprosy"
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We report a case of a man developing erythema nodosum leprosum after initiating treatment for drug‐susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis. This highlights the importance of recognising concomitant leprosy in patients with tuberculosis since these mycobacterial infections require different long‐term multidrug regimens.
Cary Amiel G. Villanueva +3 more
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Conjugal Secondary Syphilis With Divergent Cutaneous Manifestations: Papulonodular Variant
Secondary 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 ...
Mahesh Mathur +5 more
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