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Autochthonous North American Leprosy: A Second Case in Canada
Autochthonous leprosy was reported in the Southern USA in 2011 and has comprised an average of 34% of new cases from 2015 to 2020 in that country. We report a similar case in a patient from Western Canada. A 50-year old male patient presented with a four-year history of a chronic rash. Pathology sta...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544447/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34698226 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr13040083 |
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author | Naidu, Prenilla Sharma, Rahul Kanji, Jamil N. Marks, Vilma King, Arienne |
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description | Autochthonous leprosy was reported in the Southern USA in 2011 and has comprised an average of 34% of new cases from 2015 to 2020 in that country. We report a similar case in a patient from Western Canada. A 50-year old male patient presented with a four-year history of a chronic rash. Pathology stains revealed acid-fast bacilli prompting specialist referral. Examination was suspicious for leprosy, which was confirmed on slit skin smears and molecular testing. The patient responded well to treatment. Genotypic testing mapped the organism to the 3I-2 SNP type, which is of European origin and is the type found in implicated armadillo species in North America. |
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spelling | pubmed-85444472021-10-26 Autochthonous North American Leprosy: A Second Case in Canada Naidu, Prenilla Sharma, Rahul Kanji, Jamil N. Marks, Vilma King, Arienne Infect Dis Rep Case Report Autochthonous leprosy was reported in the Southern USA in 2011 and has comprised an average of 34% of new cases from 2015 to 2020 in that country. We report a similar case in a patient from Western Canada. A 50-year old male patient presented with a four-year history of a chronic rash. Pathology stains revealed acid-fast bacilli prompting specialist referral. Examination was suspicious for leprosy, which was confirmed on slit skin smears and molecular testing. The patient responded well to treatment. Genotypic testing mapped the organism to the 3I-2 SNP type, which is of European origin and is the type found in implicated armadillo species in North America. MDPI 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8544447/ /pubmed/34698226 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr13040083 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Naidu, Prenilla Sharma, Rahul Kanji, Jamil N. Marks, Vilma King, Arienne Autochthonous North American Leprosy: A Second Case in Canada |
title | Autochthonous North American Leprosy: A Second Case in Canada |
title_full | Autochthonous North American Leprosy: A Second Case in Canada |
title_fullStr | Autochthonous North American Leprosy: A Second Case in Canada |
title_full_unstemmed | Autochthonous North American Leprosy: A Second Case in Canada |
title_short | Autochthonous North American Leprosy: A Second Case in Canada |
title_sort | autochthonous north american leprosy: a second case in canada |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544447/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34698226 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr13040083 |
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