Multibacillary Leprosy in an 1 8-month-old Child: a case report
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Date
1984
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Leprosy review
Abstract
A case of multibacillary leprosy, proven on slit-skin smears and skin biopsy, is reported in a child aged 18 months in Ethiopia. The father and 2 other children were not available for examination, but the mother was a registered case of mid-borderline (BB) leprosy of 5 years' duration. The clinical, bacteriological and histopathological findings are described and discussed in relation to the accepted incubation period of leprosy and the possibility of intra-uterine infection.
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Multibacillary, leprosy, Child
Citation
Nsibambi, J., Berhan, T. Y., & Warndorff van Diepen, T. (1984). Multibacillary leprosy in an 18-month-old child: a case report. Leprosy review, 55(4), 379-383.https://doi.org/10.5935/0305-7518.19840043