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Int J Infect Dis
; 110: 111-113, 2021 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34271204
RESUMO
Leprosy is currently uncommon in Europe: the diagnosed cases are almost all imported from endemic areas. We report on an autochthonous case of borderline lepromatous leprosy in a 71-year-old Portuguese woman. The case was complicated by a reversal reaction and then by erythema nodosum leprosum. A literature review identified 18 reported cases of European autochthonous leprosy since 2000; all but one were observed in Mediterranean countries. Therefore, active clusters of leprosy persist in Europe, particularly in Spain, Greece, Portugal, and Italy.
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Eritema Nodoso , Hipersensibilidade , Hanseníase Virchowiana , Hanseníase Multibacilar , Hanseníase , Idoso , Europa (Continente) , Feminino , Humanos , Hanseníase/diagnóstico , Hanseníase/tratamento farmacológico , Hanseníase/epidemiologia , Hanseníase Virchowiana/diagnóstico , Hanseníase Virchowiana/tratamento farmacológico
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