Abstract

MONTANO PADILLA, Gina Sofía; LANCHEROS GONZALEZ, Paula Catalina  and  CELIS, Luis Gustavo. Relapse in leprosy and type II reaction in a patient treated with multidrug therapy (MDT). Nova [online]. 2014, vol.12, n.21, pp.109-114. ISSN 1794-2470.

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease endemic to African, Asian, Latin America and South Pacific countries. It is caused by Mycobacterium leprae that manifests itself as varied as areas of hypo or anesthesia, macules hypochromic, with or without neura thickening. On some occasions, after having completed the course of therapy recommended by the World Health Organization, it can recur, showing new clinical lesions or increasing the bacillary index. These features can be confused with erythema nodosum leprosum, characterized by an antigenantibody reaction that secures a complement through which the immune system combats antigen cells. This text describes a case of recurrence of lepromatous leprosy and lesions compatible with erythema nodosum leprosum after it has been treated with combination chemotherapy.

Keywords : bacillary index; leprosy; polychemotherapy; relapse.

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