@article{5481,
  keywords = {Aged, Drug Therapy, Combination, Hospitals, General, Humans, Japan, Leprostatic Agents, leprosy, Male, Prednisolone, Treatment Outcome},
  author = {Shirasaki F and Takehara K and Takata M and Namisato M},
  title = {[A case of lepromatous type Hansen's disease].},
  abstract = {<p>A 68 year-old male presented with painful swelling in the extremities and disseminated small brownish nodules over his entire body. A histological examination of the skin nodules showed multiple granuloma and a thickened peripheral nerve bundle surrounded with foamy macrophages and a few lymphocytes. Fite stain revealed numerous acid fast bacilli within the cytoplasm of the foamy cells. A diagnosis of lepromatous leprosy was thus made and multi-drug therapy following the Japanese guideline with DDS, rifampicin and clofazimine was started. The clinical features improved, and the morphological index decreased after undergoing chemotherapy. Although a severe type 1 reaction developed after four months of treatment, he was treated with oral prednisolone at a dose of 40 mg/day.</p>},
  year = {2003},
  journal = {Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of leprosy : official organ of the Japanese Leprosy Association},
  volume = {72},
  pages = {267-70},
  month = {2003 Aug},
  issn = {1342-3681},
  language = {jpn},
}