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Colonization by Helicobacter pylori of leprosy patients in Spain: immunomodulation to low molecular weight antigens of H. pylori

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
We studied the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with leprosy and the effects of co-infection on the immune response to Helicobacter antigens in the polar groups of leprosy (lepromatous and tuberculoid).
Neluka Fernando, Pedro Torres, Dino Vaira, John Holton   +3 more
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Clinical course of erythema nodosum leprosum: an 11-year cohort study in Hyderabad, India. [PDF]

, 2006
Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) or type 2 lepra reactions complicate lepromatous leprosy and borderline lepromatous leprosy. We report an 11-year retrospective case record analysis of 481 outpatients with borderline lepromatous and lepromatous leprosy at
Pocaterra, Leonor, Jain, Suman, Reddy, Rajgopal, Muzaffarullah, Syed, Torres, Obdulita, Suneetha, Sujai, Lockwood, Diana NJ   +6 more
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Livedo reticularis in type 2 lepra reaction: A rare presentation

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014
Type 2 lepra reaction or erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is an immune complex syndrome that occurs mostly in lepromatous leprosy and sometimes in borderline lepromatous leprosy patients.
Kikkeri Narayanasetty Naveen, Sharatchandra Bhimrao Athanikar, Spandana Prakash Hegde, Vidisha Sharatchandra Athanikar   +3 more
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Interventions for erythema nodosum leprosum [PDF]

, 2008
Background Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a serious immunological complication of leprosy, causing inflammation of skin, nerves, other organs, and general malaise.
Almeida Neto, Anonymous, Arora, Arruda, Barton, Brakel, Browne, Carsalade, Carsalade, Dawlah, Faber, Girdhar, Hastings, Hastings, Heijnders, Helmy, Higgins, Huang, Imkamp, Imkamp, Ing, Iyer, Iyer, Jamet, Job, Juni, Kahawita, Kar, Karat, Karat, Karat, Karat, Kumar, Levy, Lockwood, Lockwood, Mahajan, Manandhar, Manungo, Manungo, Moreira, Naafs, Naafs, Nery, Nery, Partida-Sanchez, Pearson, Pedly, Penna, Pettit, Plock, Pocaterra, Rafferty, Ramu, Ridley, Rodriguez, Sales, Saunderson, Sharma, Sharma, Sheskin, Sheskin, Sheskin, Sheskin, Smith, Sunderkotter, The International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP), The International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP), Uyemura, Vides, Villahermosa, Walker, Waters, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Zaheer, Zaheer   +78 more
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Erythema nodosum as Leprosy reaction

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2020
Purpose.To present a clinical case of leprosy exacerbation on the background of ongoing therapy. Materials and methods.A 52-year-old patient with a diagnosis of "lepromatous (cutaneous) leprosy, leprosy LL" (multi-bacterial leprosy, lepromatous form ...
Viktoria G. Semenova, Ludmila L. Makarova, Arfenya E. Karamova   +2 more
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Pretty leprosy: Another face of Hansen’s disease! A review

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Pretty leprosy is one of the rare severe forms of lepromatous leprosy. It is a reaction pattern that occurs in untreated pure primitive diffuse lepromatous leprosy or lepromatous leprosy.
P. Prem Anand, Neetu Oommen, S. Sunil, M.S. Deepa, Mythri Potturu   +4 more
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Oro-facial manifestations of 100 leprosy patients [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To verify the frequency of oral and facial involvement in diagnosed leprosy patients. Study design: This study was performed on 100 leprosy patients (62 male, 38 female, mean ages 51.86±6.1).
Alirezaei, Somayeh, Azari Marhabi, Saranaz, Bakhshi, Mahin, Bakhtiari, Sedigheh, Mortazavi, Hamed, Moshfeghi, Mahkameh, Taheri, Jamileh Bigom   +6 more
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Anetoderma - A hidden presentation of lepromatous leprosy

Clinical Dermatology Review, 2023
Anetodermas is a rare disorder of connective tissue associated with a circumscribed area of slack skin associated with focal loss of elastin. This correlates with the clinical observation of atrophy and “buttonhole” sign or herniation phenomenon ...
Sruthi Kareddy, C Nikitha, P Mamatha
doaj   +1 more source

The mortality associated with erythema nodosum leprosum in Ethiopia: a retrospective hospital-based study. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a debilitating multisystem disorder which complicates leprosy. It is characterised by fever, malaise and painful erythematous cutaneous nodules.
Doni, Shimelis N, Lambert, Saba M, Lebas, Eglantine, Lockwood, Diana NJ, Walker, Stephen L   +4 more
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Histoid leprosy: Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis

Journal of the Scientific Society, 2012
Histoid leprosy is a distinct variant of lepromatous leprosy. It presents clinically as well demarcated cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules similar to dermatofibroma.
Sunita Y Patil, Rajeev A Malipatil
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