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Open Forum Infect Dis
; 7(3): ofaa060, 2020 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32190708
RESUMO
Hansen's disease (HD) is rare in the United States, but a steady number of cases are diagnosed annually, especially in southern areas where armadillos are present. Challenges associated with erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), a complication of multibacillary leprosy, call for novel regimens. We present a case of a man with recalcitrant ENL from HD likely acquired in the United States. He required a combination of 4 drugs to control chronic ENL.