@article{7419,
  keywords = {Adult, Arm, Female, Humans, Leg, leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, polymerase chain reaction, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Skin},
  author = {Böddinghaus B K and Ludwig R J and Kaufmann R and Enzensberger R and Gies V and Kramme S and Brade V and Brandt C M},
  title = {Leprosy in a pregnant woman.},
  abstract = {<p>Herein, we describe a case of leprosy in a 29-year-old pregnant southeast-asian woman who presented with joint pain and multiple disseminated erythematous macules, papules and plaques. Histological examination and stains for acid-fast bacilli from skin biopsies substantiated the clinical suspicion of a cutaneous mycobacterial disease and both should be performed in all patients with unidentified skin lesions. The definitive laboratory diagnosis of leprosy was achieved by the application of a species-specific real-time polymerase chain reaction from infected tissue.</p>},
  year = {2007},
  journal = {Infection},
  volume = {35},
  pages = {37-9},
  month = {2007 Feb},
  issn = {0300-8126},
  doi = {10.1007/s15010-006-5129-1},
  language = {eng},
}