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Leprosy of the larynx: A case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Leprosy is an ancient deforming disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which is still poorly understood and often feared by the general public and even by some in the health care professions Fortunately, the outlook for patients has dramatically ...
Momen-Heravi, M., Sharif, A.
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Renal involvement in leprosy: retrospective analysis of 461 cases in Brazil

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Renal lesions in leprosy have been extensively described, including amyloidosis, glomerulonephritis, nephrosclerosis, tubulointerstitial nephritis and granulomas.
Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior   +1 more
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Giant cells lepromatous leprosy. Diffuse dermatitis with exuberant foreign body giant cells in treated lepromatous leprosy

open access: yesBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2019
Patients with lepromatous leprosy that have received treatment for many years usually get follow up biopsies for persistent skin lesions or positive bacilloscopy even if the values are lower than in the initial bacilloscopy.
Gerzaín Rodríguez, Viviana Arias
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Novel mutations in the toll like receptor genes cause hyporesponsiveness to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Toll like receptors play a central role in the recognition of pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Mutations in TLR1, TLR2 and TLR4 genes may change the PAMP reorganization ability which causes altered responsiveness to the bacterial pathogens.
Ivan Mikula Jr.   +6 more
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معرفی يک مورد جذام حنجره [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
مقدمه: جذام يک بيماری باستانی وتغيير شکل دهنده است که توسط مايکوباکتريوم لپره ايجاد می‌شود و هنوز بخوبی مورد فهم مردم عامه قرار نگرفته و نه تنها منجر به وحشت آنان بلکه دست اندرکاران سيستم سلامت نيز می‌شود. خوشبختانه درسه دهه اخير با ورود درمان چند داروئی
شريف, علیرضا   +1 more
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Basil Tahan Asam Pada Nyamuk [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. M. Leprae (AFB) is found in blood of lepromatous patients. A preliminary study of AFB (Acid Fast Bacteria) was performed from 49 mosquitoes in a leprosy ward.
Kabulrachman, K. (Kabulrachman)   +1 more
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'Flu' syndrome associated with other systemic manifestations with once a month rifampicin in the treatment of multi-bacillary leprosy [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Rifampicin, a potent bactericidal drug, has become an essential component of multidrug treatment regimens for tuberculosis and leprosy. One of the adverse reactions described following twice weekly or once weekly administration of rifampicin is the ...
Joseph, P, Prabhakar, R, Thomas, A
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Atypical presentation of leprosy: A report of two cases

open access: yesIndian Journal of Dermatology, 2007
We report two atypical presentation of leprosy-granuloma annulare like in a case of borderline tuberculoid leprosy, another erythema multiforme like lesion in borderline lepromatous leprosy.
Das Sudip   +3 more
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Significance of Mast Cell Density and Distribution in Various Histopathological Lesions of Leprosy [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2014
Background: Leprosy also known as Hansen’s disease (HD), is a chronic infection caused by the Mycobacterium leprae. Mast cells in leprosy have been investigated in the recent past and are being examined as a basis for future studies.
Santosh .L Munde   +4 more
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Leprosy and HIV, where are we at? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The impact of leprosy and HIV co-infection is an evolving picture. Surprisingly the outcomes that were feared, of more lepromatous disease has not materialised.
Lambert, Saba M, Lockwood, Diana NJ
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