Leprosy is a chronic, disfiguring infectious disease. It is traditionally classified into either tuberculoid (paucibacillary) leprosy or lepromatous (multibacillary) leprosy, which differ in the number of bacteria present in the skin and clinical manifestations. Patients in between the 2 types are classified as borderline. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with leprosy will also receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Here we describe a case of multibacillary leprosy unmasked by COVID-19 vaccination.
BT - JAAD case reports C1 -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34841026
DA - 11/2021 DO - 10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.11.011 J2 - JAAD Case Rep LA - eng N2 -Leprosy is a chronic, disfiguring infectious disease. It is traditionally classified into either tuberculoid (paucibacillary) leprosy or lepromatous (multibacillary) leprosy, which differ in the number of bacteria present in the skin and clinical manifestations. Patients in between the 2 types are classified as borderline. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with leprosy will also receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Here we describe a case of multibacillary leprosy unmasked by COVID-19 vaccination.
PY - 2021 T2 - JAAD case reports TI - Multibacillary leprosy unmasked by COVID-19 vaccination. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610845/pdf/main.pdf SN - 2352-5126 ER -