TY - JOUR
KW - Animals
KW - Armadillos
KW - Biopsy
KW - Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
KW - Dapsone
KW - Disease Vectors
KW - Dogs
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Ethionamide
KW - Heart Failure
KW - Heart Transplantation
KW - Humans
KW - Immunosuppressive Agents
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - Leprosy, Borderline
KW - Leprosy, lepromatous
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Minocycline
KW - Referral and Consultation
AU - Launius BK
AU - Brown PA
AU - Cush E
AU - Mancini MC
AB - <p>Hansen's disease, leprosy, is a chronic infectious disease caused by the acid-fast bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. There are multiple forms of the disease ranging from the relatively benign to the progressive, malignant lepromatous leprosy. There is effective antimicrobial treatment available that is capable of curing the disease. We report the case of a post heart transplant patient acquiring Hansen's disease.</p>
BT - Critical care nursing quarterly
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14974527?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2004 Jan-Mar
IS - 1
J2 - Crit Care Nurs Q
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Hansen's disease, leprosy, is a chronic infectious disease caused by the acid-fast bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. There are multiple forms of the disease ranging from the relatively benign to the progressive, malignant lepromatous leprosy. There is effective antimicrobial treatment available that is capable of curing the disease. We report the case of a post heart transplant patient acquiring Hansen's disease.</p>
PY - 2004
SP - 87
EP - 91
T2 - Critical care nursing quarterly
TI - A case study in Hansen's disease acquired after heart transplant.
VL - 27
SN - 0887-9303
ER -