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Type 2 Lepra Reaction Following Antituberculosis Treatment Initiation in an Elderly Male With Coexisting Hansen's Disease: A Case Report. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
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.
Villanueva CAG, Ortiz YRH, Mojica WP, Albay AB.   +3 more
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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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British Red Squirrels (<i>S. vulgaris</i>) With Leprosy Develop Skeletal Lesions. [PDF]

Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis
Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium lepromatosis or Mycobacterium leprae, has been reported in red squirrels in Britain from Scotland to the south of England. However, there has been no attempt to determine whether lesions caused by leprosy can be detected in the skeletons of infected animals.
Elliott E, Thomas R, Inskip SA, Cooper A, Kitchener AC, Beckmann KM, Meredith A.   +6 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
europepmc   +2 more sources

Erythema Nodosum Leprosum in a Patient with Borderline Lepromatous Leprosy: A Case Report [PDF]

Infectious Disease Reports
Background: Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, presents on a spectrum ranging from tuberculoid to lepromatous disease. Borderline lepromatous leprosy represents an unstable immunological state that predisposes patients to immune-mediated reactions,
Guido Chiriboga, Qianyu Guo, Eric Zuberi, Harry Ross Powers, Libardo Rueda Prada   +4 more
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Borderline lepromatous leprosy with neurofibromatosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2010
The coexistence of leprosy with neurofibromatosis is rare both the diseases present with nerve thickening and skin lesions (patches and nodules). The coexistence of neurofibroma with borderline tuberculoid, lepromatous, histoid, and neuritic leprosy has ...
Angoori Gnaneshwar, Danturty Indira, Rekha Singh T   +2 more
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Increased CD8^dim and Decreased CD8^bright T Cells as Immunological Signature for Multibacilary Leprosy Patients. [PDF]

Immunology
Leprosy, 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, Nascimento LS, da Silva JA, da Conceição Souza R, Araújo GN, de Oliveira SC, Nahn Junior EP, Peixoto-Rangel AL.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Lepromatous leprosy [PDF]

Dermatology Online Journal, 2007
A 51-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of pruritic, erythematous papules and plaques on her arms that were treated as chronic urticaria. Histopathologic examination demonstrated acid-fast bacilli, and a diagnosis of lepromatous leprosy was made. Presentation and treatment of leprosy are reviewed.
Booth, Alexandria V, Kovich, Olympia I
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Lucio Phenomenon and APLA in Hansen’s Disease: A Rare Phenomenon [PDF]

Bengal Physician Journal, 2022
Lucio phenomenon (LP) is a rare reactional state seen in cases of diffuse lepromatous leprosy. Lucio leprosy is a pure, primitive, and diffuse form of lepromatous leprosy.
Jayanta Sharma, Sudipto Chakroborty, Kisholoy Karan, Parthajit Das   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

T regulatory cells (TREG)(TCD4+CD25+FOXP3+) distribution in the different clinical forms of leprosy and reactional states [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
BACKGROUND: Leprosy is characterized histologically by a spectrum of different granulomatous skin lesions, reflecting patients' immune responses to Mycobacterium leprae.
José Napoleão Tavares Parente, Carolina Talhari, Antônio Pedro Mendes Schettini, Cesare Massone   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source