Leprosy in 3-year-old twin children in Mato Grosso, Brazil
Introduction: Mycobacterium leprae is a microorganism that cause leprosy; it has a long, silent, and consumptive evolution. Case Report: twin children with three years old were contactants of a leprosy patient in the family. The two patients have well-defined and irregular skin lesions. Also, they...
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Introduction: Mycobacterium leprae is a microorganism that cause leprosy; it has a long, silent, and consumptive evolution. Case Report: twin children with three years old were contactants of a leprosy patient in the family. The two patients have well-defined and irregular skin lesions. Also, they have the BCG-vaccine scar. They were confirmed positive to Mycobacterium by histopathological analysis. Discussion: Especially under five years old, diagnoses are rare and difficult because they simulate other diseases, especially rheumatology. These diagnoses are epidemiological alarms for endemic areas. It shows the importance of symptoms in children and the screening in patients' contact already identified.
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| spelling | doaj.art-087b54ea2bd142f791f3189dd073d0f92023-12-15T13:52:15ZengInstituto Lauro de Souza LimaHansenologia Internationalis1982-51612022-11-014710.47878/hi.2022.v47.36227Leprosy in 3-year-old twin children in Mato Grosso, BrazilJosé Cabral Lopes 0Pietra Andrade de Osti1Leticia Rossetto da Silva Cavalcante2Ciro Martins Gomes3Amílcar Sabino Damazo4Hospital Universitário Júlio Muller. Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoFaculdade de Medicina. Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoHospital Universitário Júlio Müller. Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoFaculdade de Medicina. Universidade de BrasíliaFaculdade de Medicina. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Introduction: Mycobacterium leprae is a microorganism that cause leprosy; it has a long, silent, and consumptive evolution. Case Report: twin children with three years old were contactants of a leprosy patient in the family. The two patients have well-defined and irregular skin lesions. Also, they have the BCG-vaccine scar. They were confirmed positive to Mycobacterium by histopathological analysis. Discussion: Especially under five years old, diagnoses are rare and difficult because they simulate other diseases, especially rheumatology. These diagnoses are epidemiological alarms for endemic areas. It shows the importance of symptoms in children and the screening in patients' contact already identified. https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/36227 Leprosy PreschoolersBacilloscopyEarly Diagnosis |
| spellingShingle | José Cabral Lopes Pietra Andrade de Osti Leticia Rossetto da Silva Cavalcante Ciro Martins Gomes Amílcar Sabino Damazo Leprosy in 3-year-old twin children in Mato Grosso, Brazil Hansenologia Internationalis Leprosy Preschoolers Bacilloscopy Early Diagnosis |
| title | Leprosy in 3-year-old twin children in Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| title_full | Leprosy in 3-year-old twin children in Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Leprosy in 3-year-old twin children in Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leprosy in 3-year-old twin children in Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| title_short | Leprosy in 3-year-old twin children in Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| title_sort | leprosy in 3 year old twin children in mato grosso brazil |
| topic | Leprosy Preschoolers Bacilloscopy Early Diagnosis |
| url | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/36227 |
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