01383nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653000800065653001100073653001100084653000800095653001200103653002500115653003000140653001400170653004000184653000900224100002100233700001500254700001500269700001900284700001100303700001300314700001200327700001500339245003300354300000900387490000700396050002100403520058300424022001401007       2007                            d  c2007 Feb10aAdult10aArm10aFemale10aHumans10aLeg10aleprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10apolymerase chain reaction10aPregnancy10aPregnancy Complications, Infectious10aSkin1 aBöddinghaus B K1 aLudwig R J1 aKaufmann R1 aEnzensberger R1 aGies V1 aKramme S1 aBrade V1 aBrandt C M00aLeprosy in a pregnant woman.  a37-90 v35  aBODDINGHAUS 20073 a<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>  a0300-8126