[A case of paucibacillary leprosy].
We report a case of leprosy. A 31-old-phillippine female present with 5 month history of an erythematous plaqe on her right neck. Examination showed 4 erythematous plaques with her. A histological examination of the skin lesion of hir thigh revealed granulomas around nerve and skin appendages which consist of lymphocytes, epidermoid cells and giant cells. Although no acid fast bacilli were not demonstrated by skin biopsy with Ziehl-Neelsen staining, the Mycobacterium leprae-specific DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction method. A diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy had made. We started treatment with ofloxacin but she return to philippine soon.
Department of Dermatology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Japan.
Nobuko
N
Tamura
Miho
M
Yamamoto
Haruhiko
H
Nishizawa
Naoko
N
Inomata
Sanami
S
Takahashi
Hajime
H
Kitamura
Testuo
T
Nagatani
Yasuko
Y
Kurasono
Masamichi
M
Hara
Yasunori
Y
Sugita
Nobuo
N
Miki
D000328:Adult; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010679:Philippines / Q000208:ethnology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004269:DNA, Bacterial