Epidemiological profile of leprosy reactions in a referral center in Campinas (SP), Brazil, 2010-2015

Ambrosano, Letícia; Santos, Marcel Alex Soares dos; Machado, Elaine Cristina Faria Abrahão; Pegas, Elisangela Samartin

Epidemiological profile of leprosy reactions in a referral center in Campinas (SP), Brazil, 2010-2015

Ambrosano, Letícia; Santos, Marcel Alex Soares dos; Machado, Elaine Cristina Faria Abrahão; Pegas, Elisangela Samartin.

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (3), 2018

Publication year: 2018

Abstract:

Leprosy patients can present reactions during the course of the disease. There are no official data on these reactions in Brazil. We aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients with such reactions, analyzing information from patient records at a referral center in Campinas (SP), from 2010 to 2015.

Brasil/epidemiología, Estudios Transversales, Lepra/diagnóstico, Lepra/epidemiología, Lepra Multibacilar/diagnóstico

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