Ulcers in leprosy patients, an unrecognized clinical manifestation: a report of 8 cases

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It is a polymorphic disease with a wide range of cutaneous and neural manifestations. Ulcer is not a common feature in leprosy patients, except during reactional states, Lucio’s phenomenon (LP), or secondary to...

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Autores principales: Miyashiro, Denis, Cardona, Carolina, Valente, Neusa Yuriko Sakai, Avancini, João, Benard, Gil, Trindade, Maria Angela Bianconcini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6884743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4639-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6884743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4639-2

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