Leprosy in Vietnamese refugees: a case report.
A 41-year-old Vietnamese refugee was found to have tuberculoid leprosy. Dapsone treatment cleared her skin lesion, but did not remove the paraesthesia in the right ulnar nerve. Immunological investigations revealed a strongly positive lepromin test and a significant change in the ratio of T-y and T-mu lymphocytes in peripheral blood. The incidence of leprosy in Vietnamese refugees in Scandinavia is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012036:Refugees; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology
D003622:Dapsone