Two children (age 3 years) presented with leprosy in endemic area: one was type T (tuberculoid paucibacillary); the other was type BL (borderline lepromatous) considering a very fast evolution, and was treated as a multibacillary leprosy. The family of the second child reported that the onset of the disease was consecutive to an insect bite at 5 1/2 months of age. Such observations remind us that leprosy must be suspected or thought about very early since the incubation period is likely to be shorter than previously proclaimed.
BT - Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4026133?dopt=Abstract DA - 1985 IS - 4 J2 - Ann Dermatol Venereol LA - fre N2 -Two children (age 3 years) presented with leprosy in endemic area: one was type T (tuberculoid paucibacillary); the other was type BL (borderline lepromatous) considering a very fast evolution, and was treated as a multibacillary leprosy. The family of the second child reported that the onset of the disease was consecutive to an insect bite at 5 1/2 months of age. Such observations remind us that leprosy must be suspected or thought about very early since the incubation period is likely to be shorter than previously proclaimed.
PY - 1985 SP - 353 EP - 7 T2 - Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie TI - [Leprosy in young children. 2 cases at 3 years of age]. VL - 112 SN - 0151-9638 ER -