TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - C-Reactive Protein
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Interferon-gamma
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Periodontal Diseases
KW - Stomatognathic Diseases
KW - Young Adult
AU - Motta ACF
AU - Furini RB
AU - Simão JCL
AU - Vieira MB
AU - Ferreira MAN
AU - Komesu MC
AU - Foss N
AB - <p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>This study evaluated whether leprosy reactions could be associated with oral infection.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Leprosy patients (n = 38) with (Group I) and without (Group II) oral infections were selected. Reactions were identified from the clinical and histopathological features associated with serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and10kDa interferon-gamma-induced protein (IP-10) levels, determined before and after elimination of the foci of infection.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Group I presented more reactions than group II did, and improvement of the reactions after dental treatment. Serum CRP and IP-10 did not differ before and after the dental treatment, but differed between the groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Oral infection could be an exacerbating factor in leprosy reactions.</p>
BT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22031082?dopt=Abstract
C2 - Brazil
CY - Rio De Janeiro
DA - 2011 Oct
DO - 10.1590/s0037-86822011000500022
IS - 5
J2 - Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.
LA - eng
N2 - <p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>This study evaluated whether leprosy reactions could be associated with oral infection.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Leprosy patients (n = 38) with (Group I) and without (Group II) oral infections were selected. Reactions were identified from the clinical and histopathological features associated with serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and10kDa interferon-gamma-induced protein (IP-10) levels, determined before and after elimination of the foci of infection.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Group I presented more reactions than group II did, and improvement of the reactions after dental treatment. Serum CRP and IP-10 did not differ before and after the dental treatment, but differed between the groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Oral infection could be an exacerbating factor in leprosy reactions.</p>
PB - Scielo
PP - Rio De Janeiro
PY - 2011
SP - 633
EP - 5
T2 - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
TI - Could leprosy reaction episodes be exacerbated by oral infections?
UR - http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000500022&nrm=iso
VL - 44
SN - 1678-9849
ER -