TY - JOUR
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
KW - Infectious Diseases
AU - Mathachan SR
AU - Sardana K
AU - Ahuja A
AU - Lavania M
AU - Agrawal D
AB - <jats:p> Leprosy is caused by the obligate intracellular organism Mycobacterium leprae which mainly affects the skin and nervous system. The course of the disease is determined by host immunity, it is thus believed that in lepromatous leprosy (LL), all manifestations are bilaterally symmetrical. This is because of the inability of the host to mount an adequate cell-mediated immune response, resulting in widespread haematogenous dissemination of bacilli. Varied manifestations of LL have been reported; however, a multidermatomal pattern of nodules is hitherto unreported and we suggest a hypothesis for its presentation. </jats:p>
BT - Tropical Doctor
DO - 10.1177/0049475520932473
LA - eng
N2 - <jats:p> Leprosy is caused by the obligate intracellular organism Mycobacterium leprae which mainly affects the skin and nervous system. The course of the disease is determined by host immunity, it is thus believed that in lepromatous leprosy (LL), all manifestations are bilaterally symmetrical. This is because of the inability of the host to mount an adequate cell-mediated immune response, resulting in widespread haematogenous dissemination of bacilli. Varied manifestations of LL have been reported; however, a multidermatomal pattern of nodules is hitherto unreported and we suggest a hypothesis for its presentation. </jats:p>
PB - SAGE Publications
PY - 2020
EP - 004947552093247
T2 - Tropical Doctor
TI - Zosteriform multidermatomal nodules and plaques in a case of lepromatous leprosy: an uncommon presentation
SN - 0049-4755, 1758-1133
ER -