De-novo Histoid Hansen cases

Histoid leprosy is a rare form of multibacillary leprosy with distinct clinical and histopathological features. It is a variant of lepromatous leprosy with a very high bacterial index. It appears in patients as a relapse after dapsone monotherapy, in the presence of dapsone resistance or rarely ′de-...

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Main Authors: Rita Vipul Vora, Abhishek P Pilani, Malay J Mehta, Arvind Chaudhari, Nidhi Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2014;volume=6;issue=1;spage=19;epage=22;aulast=Vora