TY - JOUR
KW - Adoption
KW - Anti-Inflammatory Agents
KW - Child
KW - Ethiopia
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Prednisone
AU - King K
AU - Browning J
AU - Metry D
AU - Prestigiacomo J
AU - Scollard D
AU - Schutze G
AU - Stryjewska B
AU - Schwarzwald H
AB - <p>Hansen disease, commonly known as leprosy, is uncommon in the United States and poses difficult diagnostic and treatment challenges. A 10-year-old girl was adopted from Ethiopia with a history of "multibacillary leprosy" and "multidrug treatment" for 12 months. Three months after her arrival in the United States and 4 months after treatment was completed, she presented with new papules and plaques on her left nose and ear. Herein, we present her case and review current treatment options in leprosy in children and the management of immunologic reactions.</p>
BT - The Pediatric infectious disease journal
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19238115?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2009 Apr
DO - 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818de21e
IS - 4
J2 - Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Hansen disease, commonly known as leprosy, is uncommon in the United States and poses difficult diagnostic and treatment challenges. A 10-year-old girl was adopted from Ethiopia with a history of "multibacillary leprosy" and "multidrug treatment" for 12 months. Three months after her arrival in the United States and 4 months after treatment was completed, she presented with new papules and plaques on her left nose and ear. Herein, we present her case and review current treatment options in leprosy in children and the management of immunologic reactions.</p>
PY - 2009
SP - 322
EP - 5
T2 - The Pediatric infectious disease journal
TI - Leprosy and international adoption: a case report and review of diagnostic and treatment dilemmas.
VL - 28
SN - 0891-3668
ER -