TY - JOUR KW - Pregnancy Complications KW - leprosy KW - Brazil AU - Nogueira P S AU - Moura E R AU - Dias AA AU - Americo C F AU - Aguiar L R AU - Valente M M AB -

INTRODUCTION:
The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known.
METHODS:
This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011.
RESULTS:
The patients had a clinical dimorphous form of leprosy (44.9%), no physical incapacity at diagnosis (87.5%), and no complications in either the patient or infant (33.4%). In 36.3% of cases, leprosy symptoms were presented in the last trimester of pregnancy, and in 31.9% of patients were in the first trimester of lactation.
CONCLUSIONS:
The association between leprosy and pregnancy should be routinely investigated, particularly in endemic areas.

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DO - 10.1590/0037-8682-0148-2014 IS - 1 J2 - Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. LA - eng N2 -

INTRODUCTION:
The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known.
METHODS:
This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011.
RESULTS:
The patients had a clinical dimorphous form of leprosy (44.9%), no physical incapacity at diagnosis (87.5%), and no complications in either the patient or infant (33.4%). In 36.3% of cases, leprosy symptoms were presented in the last trimester of pregnancy, and in 31.9% of patients were in the first trimester of lactation.
CONCLUSIONS:
The association between leprosy and pregnancy should be routinely investigated, particularly in endemic areas.

PY - 2015 SP - 96 EP - 98 T2 - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical TI - Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v48n1/0037-8682-rsbmt-48-01-00096.pdf VL - 48 SN - 0037-8682 ER -