RESUMO
La lepra continúa siendo un importante problema de salud en todo el mundo y aunque en nuestro continente no alcanza cifras de endemia, parece existir una tendencia al alza debido al número de casos importados diagnosticados cada año. Se describen 2 casos de lepra lepromatosa diagnosticados en Valladolid en un periodo de 5 meses. El último caso declarado de esta enfermedad en nuestra comunidad data de hace más de 20 años
Leprosy is still a major health problem on a worldwide level, and although it does not reach endemic levels on our continent, it seems that there is an upward trend due to the number of imported cases diagnosed each year. We present two cases of lepromatous leprosy diagnosed in Valladolid within a five-month period. The last reported case of this disease in our community was over 20 years ago
Assuntos
Masculino , Adulto , Humanos , Hanseníase Virchowiana/diagnóstico , Hanseníase Virchowiana/epidemiologia , Hanseníase Virchowiana/terapia , Rifampina/uso terapêutico , Dapsona/uso terapêutico , Clofazimina/uso terapêutico , Técnica Direta de Fluorescência para Anticorpo , Mycobacterium leprae/isolamento & purificação , Espanha/epidemiologia , Migração Humana/tendências , Biópsia , Sedimentação Sanguínea , MigrantesRESUMO
Leprosy is still a major health problem on a worldwide level, and although it does not reach endemic levels on our continent, it seems that there is an upward trend due to the number of imported cases diagnosed each year. We present two cases of lepromatous leprosy diagnosed in Valladolid within a five-month period. The last reported case of this disease in our community was over 20 years ago.