TY - JOUR AU - Ramal C AU - Casapía M AU - Marin J AU - Celis J AU - Baldeon J AU - Vilcarromero S AU - Cubas G AU - Espejo A AU - Bravo F AU - Paredes OV AU - Ramos J AU - Legua P AB -
Diffuse multibacillary leprosy of Lucio and Latapí is mainly reported in Mexico and Central America. We report a case in a 65-year-old man in Peru. He also had Lucio's phenomenon, characterized by vascular thrombosis and invasion of blood vessel walls by leprosy bacilli, causing extensive skin ulcers.
BT - Emerging infectious diseases C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048291?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.3201/eid2311.171228 IS - 11 J2 - Emerging Infect. Dis. LA - eng N2 -Diffuse multibacillary leprosy of Lucio and Latapí is mainly reported in Mexico and Central America. We report a case in a 65-year-old man in Peru. He also had Lucio's phenomenon, characterized by vascular thrombosis and invasion of blood vessel walls by leprosy bacilli, causing extensive skin ulcers.
PY - 2017 SP - 1929 EP - 1930 T2 - Emerging infectious diseases TI - Diffuse Multibacillary Leprosy of Lucio and Latapí with Lucio's Phenomenon, Peru. UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/11/pdfs/17-1228.pdf VL - 23 SN - 1080-6059 ER -