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Leprosy in an Adopted Woman Diagnosed by Molecular Tools: A Case Report from a Non-Endemic Area

Coupled with its rarity in non-endemic areas, the clinical heterogeneity of leprosy makes diagnosis very challenging. We report a diagnosis of multibacillary leprosy in a 22-year-old Indian woman, adopted at the age of 10 and living in Italy. The patient presented with painful skin lesions on the fa...

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Autores principales:	Beltrame, Anna, Fargnoli, Maria Concetta, Avanzi, Charlotte, Sollima, Laura, Pomari, Elena, Mori, Antonio, Longoni, Silvia Stefania, Moro, Lucia, Orza, Pierantonio, Jackson, Mary, Perandin, Francesca
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2023
Materias:	Case Report
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9963898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36839437 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020165

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