Disseminated Mycobacterium hemophilum Presenting as Leprosy-like Cutaneous Lesions in an Immunocompromised Host
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1790
Abstract: Abstract Background Mycobacterium hemophilumis a slow growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium that has predilection for lower temperatures and extremities. It presents commonly as a cutaneous infection but can have a variety of clinical presentations in immunocompromised patients.… read more here.
Keywords: mycobacterium; lepromatous leprosy; cutaneous lesions; disseminated mycobacterium ... See more keywords
Persistent Infection Versus Type 2 Immunological Reaction in Lepromatous Leprosy
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DOI: 10.1177/2324709620927884
Abstract: The distinction between persistent infection and immunologic reactions in leprosy is often difficult but critically important since their management is different. We present the case of a 51-year-old Vietnamese female who presented in 2015 with… read more here.
Keywords: persistent infection; lepromatous leprosy; immunological reaction; type immunological ... See more keywords
Analysis of clinical data and T helper 1/T helper 2 responses in patients with different clinical forms of leprosy.
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DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0426-2016
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Currently, there are no laboratory tests or sensitive and specific molecular markers for the early diagnosis of leprosy. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with leprosy and… read more here.
Keywords: clinical forms; lepromatous leprosy; helper; different clinical ... See more keywords
Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis.
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DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20198327
Abstract: Leprosy is a chronic neglected and stigmatizing disease. Due to involvement of the peripheral nerves, it can result in physical disabilities, deformities, and emotional damage if not diagnosed and treated promptly. This is the case… read more here.
Keywords: patient reactional; lepromatous leprosy; tuberculosis; reactional lepromatous ... See more keywords
Lepromatous leprosy in a case of epidermodysplasia verruciformis – A coincidence or a result of defective cell-mediated immunity?
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DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_19_21
Abstract: Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EDV) is a rare, autosomal recessive, genetic disorder of immune dysregulation characterized by increased susceptibility to cutaneous human papilloma virus infections. It was first described by Lewandowsky and Lutz in 1922 as a… read more here.
Keywords: lepromatous leprosy; epidermodysplasia; epidermodysplasia verruciformis; cell ... See more keywords
Lepromatous leprosy-negative images giving the diagnostic clue
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DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_363_16
Abstract: On aspiration, the nodule yielded pus‐like material. Giemsa‐stained FNA smears revealed inflammatory exudate consisting of macrophages, few lymphocytes, and neutrophils. Macrophage showed foamy cytoplasm with intracellular unstained clefts interpreted as negative images. Similar extracellular‐negative images… read more here.
Keywords: giving diagnostic; negative images; lepromatous leprosy; images giving ... See more keywords
Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis infection. A report of six multibacillary cases of leprosy in Dominican Republic.
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DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2021.709
Abstract: The causative agents of leprosy are Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. M. lepromatosis was found in 2008 to cause diffuse lepromatous leprosy in Mexican patients. The objective of this work was to identify M. leprae… read more here.
Keywords: lepromatosis; mycobacterium leprae; mycobacterium; lepromatous leprosy ... See more keywords