Leprosy on the scalp

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. This bacillus has a high predilection for skin and peripheral nerves. The scalp’s anatomical properties do not favor the development of such mycobacterium. We report a case of leprosy with scalp involvement, a rare occurrence in...

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Autores principales: Macedo, Raila de Brito, Santos, Tárcio, Ramos, Paulyane Bezerra Sampaio, Takano, Daniela Mayumi, Leal, Virgínia Sampaio Madeiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28300899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164391
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author Macedo, Raila de Brito
Santos, Tárcio
Ramos, Paulyane Bezerra Sampaio
Takano, Daniela Mayumi
Leal, Virgínia Sampaio Madeiro
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description Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. This bacillus has a high predilection for skin and peripheral nerves. The scalp’s anatomical properties do not favor the development of such mycobacterium. We report a case of leprosy with scalp involvement, a rare occurrence in our literature.
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spelling pubmed-53249982017-03-02 Leprosy on the scalp Macedo, Raila de Brito Santos, Tárcio Ramos, Paulyane Bezerra Sampaio Takano, Daniela Mayumi Leal, Virgínia Sampaio Madeiro An Bras Dermatol Case Report Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. This bacillus has a high predilection for skin and peripheral nerves. The scalp’s anatomical properties do not favor the development of such mycobacterium. We report a case of leprosy with scalp involvement, a rare occurrence in our literature. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5324998/ /pubmed/28300899 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164391 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Macedo, Raila de Brito
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Takano, Daniela Mayumi
Leal, Virgínia Sampaio Madeiro
Leprosy on the scalp
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28300899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164391
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