00941nas a2200253 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002800055653001100083653001400094653001200108653000900120653001600129653002900145653002400174653003100198653003000229100001300259245008000272300001100352490000700363520030300370022001400673 1987 d c1987 Aug10aDiagnosis, Differential10aHumans10aLeg Ulcer10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMycobacterium Infections10aMycobacterium avium10aMycobacterium lepraemurium10aSkin Diseases, Infectious1 aLove G L00aNontuberculous mycobacterial skin infection resembling lepromatous leprosy. a1060-10 v803 a
A leg ulcer in a 52-year-old renal transplant patient yielded foamy histiocytes containing acid-fast bacilli subsequently identified as a Runyon group III Mycobacterium. Skin infection with these organisms is unusual, and the histologic appearance in this case suggested lepromatous leprosy.
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