00952nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042100001300051700001100064245005900075856007500134300001000209490000600219050001600225520052700241022001400768       2013                            d  c20131 aBarkla S1 aModi S00aLepromatous leprosy: A rare presentation in Australia.  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3650307/pdf/AMJ-06-175.pdf  a175-70 v6  aBARKLA 20133 a<p>Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is caused by the obligate intracellular organism Mycobacterium leprae. It is an infectious, chronic granulomatous disease transmitted through close contact. The latest current data shows that in 2010, eleven new cases of leprosy were reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in Australia. We report the case of a patient with untreated chronic lepromatous leprosy diagnosed in Queensland, 2012. Delay in diagnosis may have been due to the rarity of this condition.</p>  a1836-1935