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  • Title: Leprosy in a pregnant woman.
    Author: Böddinghaus BK, Ludwig RJ, Kaufmann R, Enzensberger R, Gies V, Kramme S, Brade V, Brandt CM.
    Journal: Infection; 2007 Feb; 35(1):37-9. PubMed ID: 17297589.
    Abstract:
    Herein, we describe a case of leprosy in a 29-year-old pregnant southeast-asian woman who presented with joint pain and multiple disseminated erythematous macules, papules and plaques. Histological examination and stains for acid-fast bacilli from skin biopsies substantiated the clinical suspicion of a cutaneous mycobacterial disease and both should be performed in all patients with unidentified skin lesions. The definitive laboratory diagnosis of leprosy was achieved by the application of a species-specific real-time polymerase chain reaction from infected tissue.
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