01458nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001900065653001100084653001100095653001000106653001200116653002500128653001600153653003000169100001300199700001500212700001600227700001400243700001600257700001500273700001500288700001500303700001100318700001300329700001100342245004000353300001000393490000700403520067200410022001401082       2003                            d  c2003 Aug10aAdult10aDNA, Bacterial10aFemale10aHumans10aJapan10aleprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10aPhilippines10apolymerase chain reaction1 aTamura N1 aYamamoto M1 aNishizawa H1 aInomata N1 aTakahashi S1 aKitamura H1 aNagatani T1 aKurasono Y1 aHara M1 aSugita Y1 aMiki N00a[A case of paucibacillary leprosy].  a263-50 v723 a<p>We report a case of leprosy. A 31-old-phillippine female present with 5 month history of an erythematous plaqe on her right neck. Examination showed 4 erythematous plaques with her. A histological examination of the skin lesion of hir thigh revealed granulomas around nerve and skin appendages which consist of lymphocytes, epidermoid cells and giant cells. Although no acid fast bacilli were not demonstrated by skin biopsy with Ziehl-Neelsen staining, the Mycobacterium leprae-specific DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction method. A diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy had made. We started treatment with ofloxacin but she return to philippine soon.</p>  a1342-3681