Mycobacterium lepromatosis Lepromatous Leprosy in US Citizen Who Traveled to Disease-Endemic Areas

We report Mycobacterium lepromatosis infection in a US-born person with an extensive international travel history. Clinical symptoms, histopathology, and management are similar to those of infections caused by M. leprae. Clinicians should consider this pathogen in the diagnosis of patients with symp...

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Autores principales: Virk, Abinash, Pritt, Bobbi, Patel, Robin, Uhl, James R., Bezalel, Spencer A., Gibson, Lawrence E., Stryjewska, Barbara M., Peters, Margot S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048278
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171104

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048278
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171104

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