Autochthonous leprosy in metropolitan France presenting with a diffuse infiltration of the face and febrile illness.
Leprosy is now considered in Western Europe as a strictly imported disease. A case of presumed locally acquired diffuse lepromatous leprosy was observed in a native-Portuguese woman living in France who developed an acute febrile presentation with extensive cutaneous signs.
Ezzedine
Khaled
K
Department of Internal Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Hôpital St-André, University Hospital Center of Bordeaux, Bordeaux F-33075, France. kezzedin@ulb.ac.be
Malvy
Denis
D
Beylot
Claire
C
Longy-Boursier
Maïté
M
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002991:Clofazimine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007868:Leg Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D003622:Dapsone; D002991:Clofazimine; D012293:Rifampin