[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.
Tamura
Nobuko
N
Department of Dermatology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Japan.
Yamamoto
Miho
M
Nishizawa
Haruhiko
H
Inomata
Naoko
N
Takahashi
Sanami
S
Kitamura
Hajime
H
Nagatani
Testuo
T
Kurasono
Yasuko
Y
Hara
Masamichi
M
Sugita
Yasunori
Y
Miki
Nobuo
N
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