title: Borderline tuberculoid leprosy in a woman from the state of Georgia with armadillo exposure.
abstract: In the southern and southeastern United States, the 9-banded armadillo is an important reservoir for Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy (Hansen's disease). Here, we describe a woman living in Georgia with borderline tuberculoid leprosy who worked for many years in a garden where armadillos burrowed or were buried. There was no history of foreign travel or known exposure to a person with leprosy. Treatment with 6 once-monthly combined doses of rifampin, ofloxacin, and minocycline was successful.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia 31217, USA. joshua.lane@lycos.com
authors.forename: Joshua E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Douglas S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Wayne M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Mary K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Klassen-Fischer
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001135:Armadillos; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D015441:Leprosy, Tuberculoid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D008875:Middle Aged