TY - JOUR
AU - Pelser S
AU - Geluk A
AU - Vissers W
AU - Knijn N
AU - van Hees C
AU - Hassing R
AB - <p>We describe a case of leprosy in an immunocompromised Dutch male whose parents were born in a leprosy-endemic country. The use of immunosuppressive drugs in Mycobacterium leprae infected individuals therefore increases the risk of development of leprosy. Exposure and infection at a young age through his parents is another possible risk factor.</p>

BT - Journal of travel medicine
C1 - <p>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38602709</p>

DA - 04/2024
DO - 10.1093/jtm/taae060
J2 - J Travel Med
LA - eng
N2 - <p>We describe a case of leprosy in an immunocompromised Dutch male whose parents were born in a leprosy-endemic country. The use of immunosuppressive drugs in Mycobacterium leprae infected individuals therefore increases the risk of development of leprosy. Exposure and infection at a young age through his parents is another possible risk factor.</p>

PY - 2024
T2 - Journal of travel medicine
TI - A case of leprosy in an immunocompromised traveller.
SN - 1708-8305
ER -