Hansen's disease (HD) is rare in the United States, but a steady number of cases are diagnosed annually, especially in southern areas where armadillos are present. Challenges associated with erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), a complication of multibacillary leprosy, call for novel regimens. We present a case of a man with recalcitrant ENL from HD likely acquired in the United States. He required a combination of 4 drugs to control chronic ENL.
BT - Open forum infectious diseases C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190708 DA - 03/2020 DO - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa060 IS - 3 J2 - Open Forum Infect Dis LA - eng N2 -Hansen's disease (HD) is rare in the United States, but a steady number of cases are diagnosed annually, especially in southern areas where armadillos are present. Challenges associated with erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), a complication of multibacillary leprosy, call for novel regimens. We present a case of a man with recalcitrant ENL from HD likely acquired in the United States. He required a combination of 4 drugs to control chronic ENL.
PY - 2020 EP - ofaa060 T2 - Open forum infectious diseases TI - A Challenging Case of Domestically Acquired Leprosy in the Southern United States. UR - https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/7/3/ofaa060/5742087 VL - 7 SN - 2328-8957 ER -