TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Child
KW - Colombia
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
AU - Romero-Montoya IM
AU - Beltran-Alzate JC
AU - Ortiz-Marín DC
AU - Diaz-Diaz A
AU - Cardona-Castro N
AB - <p>While leprosy is not considered a public health problem in Colombia, affected children are an important warning sign, demonstrating the challenge of controlling the disease. Herein, we report 12 cases of leprosy in patients 5-17 years of age, summarizing our clinical, micro biological and treatment findings. </p>
BT - The Pediatric infectious disease journal
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24030349?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2014 Mar
DO - 10.1097/INF.0000000000000057
IS - 3
J2 - Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>While leprosy is not considered a public health problem in Colombia, affected children are an important warning sign, demonstrating the challenge of controlling the disease. Herein, we report 12 cases of leprosy in patients 5-17 years of age, summarizing our clinical, micro biological and treatment findings. </p>
PY - 2014
SP - 321
EP - 2
T2 - The Pediatric infectious disease journal
TI - Leprosy in Colombian children and adolescents.
VL - 33
SN - 1532-0987
ER -