@article{22243,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, C-Reactive Protein, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Interferon-gamma, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Periodontal Diseases, Stomatognathic Diseases, Young Adult},
  author = {Motta ACF and Furini RB and Simão JCL and Vieira MB and Ferreira MAN and Komesu MC and Foss N},
  title = {Could leprosy reaction episodes be exacerbated by oral infections?},
  abstract = {<p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>This study evaluated whether leprosy reactions could be associated with oral infection.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Leprosy patients (n = 38) with (Group I) and without (Group II) oral infections were selected. Reactions were identified from the clinical and histopathological features associated with serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and10kDa interferon-gamma-induced protein (IP-10) levels, determined before and after elimination of the foci of infection.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Group I presented more reactions than group II did, and improvement of the reactions after dental treatment. Serum CRP and IP-10 did not differ before and after the dental treatment, but differed between the groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Oral infection could be an exacerbating factor in leprosy reactions.</p>},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical},
  volume = {44},
  pages = {633-5},
  month = {2011 Oct},
  publisher = {Scielo},
  address = {Rio De Janeiro},
  issn = {1678-9849},
  url = {http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000500022&nrm=iso},
  doi = {10.1590/s0037-86822011000500022},
  language = {eng},
}