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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

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, Lau, Helen Y, Monteleon, Christine L, Moore, Thomas A, Standiford, Theodore J   +4 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Genital manifestations of tropical diseases [PDF]

, 2004
Genital symptoms in tropical countries and among returned travellers can arise from a variety of bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic infections which are not usually sexually transmitted.
Richens, J
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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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