01807nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001100059653001100070653002300081653001200104653000900116653001600125653002200141653002200163100001700185700001800202700001400220700001400234700001100248700001300259245004600272300001000318490000700328520116800335022001401503       2009                            d  c2009 Jul-Sep10aBrazil10aHumans10aLeprostatic Agents10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNursing Diagnosis10aTreatment Outcome1 aGuimarães H1 aBarros AL B L1 aBassoli S1 aSalotti S1 aOda RM1 aLunney M00aHelping a man with leprosy: a case study.  a141-40 v203 a<p><b>PURPOSE: </b>This case study illustrates nursing diagnoses and interventions for a man with leprosy.</p><p><b>DATA SOURCES: </b>Data sources were published literature on the disease of leprosy, and the experience and expertise of the authors in working with people with leprosy.</p><p><b>DATA SYNTHESIS: </b>Data were synthesized using the standardized nursing languages of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International and the Nursing Interventions Classification. The accuracy of the diagnoses and the appropriateness of the nursing interventions were supported by the positive health outcomes of the patient.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Although leprosy has been eradicated in some countries, the risk of new cases is present anywhere that Mycobacterium leprae still exists. The recommended treatment of multibacilar polychemotherapy has lowered the rate of new cases in Brazil.</p><p><b>IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: </b>Nurses need to incorporate evidence-based practice interventions for leprosy-based wound care, and nurses should encourage persons with leprosy to maintain regular medical care with multibacilar polychemotherapy.</p>  a1744-618X