A hanseníase é uma doença infecciosa crônica, causada pelo Mycobacterium leprae, um bacilo com tropismo pela pele e pelos nervos periféricos, com potencial de provocar deformidades físicas e incapacidades. O período de incubação da doença é longo, de 2 a 7 anos, podendo chegar a 20 anos ou mai...
Abstract Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and, depending on the host immune status, presents different clinical forms. This report describes the case of a 46-year-old man who had hypoesthetic lesions in the infrahyoid region for 30 days. The bacilloscopy was negative...
Abstract Leprosy is an infectious disease with chronic evolution, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast bacillus that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous tissue. Many of the clinical manifestations of leprosy can mimic connective tissue diseases. The authors present the case of a 49-yea...
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first officially described in Brazil on February 26th, 2020. The accumulation of reports of concomitant infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and pathogens that cause diseases endemic to tropical countries, such as de...
Abstract: Erythroderma consists of erythema and scaling involving most or all of the body surface. This generalized eruption may be idiopathic, drug-induced or secondary to cutaneous or systemic disease. A 71-year-old man is reported presenting generalized erythema and desquamation with deck-chair sign, ...
Biopsia,
Dermatitis Exfoliativa/complicaciones,
Dermatitis Exfoliativa/diagnóstico,
Dermatitis Exfoliativa/patología,
Diagnóstico Diferencial,
Lepra Dimorfa/diagnóstico,
Lepra Dimorfa/etiología,
Lepra Dimorfa/patología,
Lepra Lepromatosa/diagnóstico,
Lepra Lepromatosa/etiología,
Lepra Lepromatosa/patología
Leprosy is a contagious, chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The immune response of the host to this bacillus is variable, determining different clinical forms of the same disease. Between the Lepromatous and Tuberculoid spectra, both stable clinical forms, the Dimorfo type can be ...
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The incidence of Hansen's disease is high in overlooked populations. METHODS: Data of Hansen's disease cases reported in the information system of the Department of Informatics, Brazilian Unified Health System, from 2013 to 2014 were analyzed. RESULTS: Among 434 studied cases ...
FUNDAMENTOS: Na hanseníase dimorfa é comum a ocorrência de reações tipo 1 antes, durante ou depois da poliquimioterapia (PQT). Trabalhos recentes sugerem que a reação tipo 1 seria um desequilíbrio imunológico entre citocinas pró-inflamatórias e antiinflamatórias. OBJETIVOS: Compreender melhor...
Presentamos un paciente varon de 62 años que diez años despues de ser sometido a un trasplante renal contrajo lepra dimorfa lepromatosa. A los ocho meses de recibir la terapeutica multidroga de la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud desarrollo un cuadro de deterioro agudo de la funcion del riñon trasplan...
