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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

Fever of unknown origin, blood and cerebrospinal fluid involvement: a leprosy case report.

Huan Chen, Yumeng Jiang, Ying Shi, Wenyue Zhang, Haiqin Jiang, Zhenzhen Wang, Rui Zeng, Hongsheng Wang

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Huan Chen *Dermatology and leprosy department, Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yumeng Jiang *Department of Mycobacterium, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology & Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Ying ShiDepartment of Mycobacterium, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology & Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wenyue ZhangDepartment of Mycobacterium, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology & Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Haiqin JiangDepartment of Mycobacterium, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology & Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Zhenzhen WangDepartment of Mycobacterium, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology & Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Rui ZengDepartment of Mycobacterium, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology & Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Hongsheng WangDepartment of Mycobacterium, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology & Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

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Abstract

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nerves, it can also invade deeper tissues and organs, including mucous membranes, lymph nodes, testes, eyes, and internal organs. Severe cases can result in deformities and disabilities. We encountered the case of a 39-year-old male with unexplained fever, headache and rash. The patient's lesions were taken for histopathological examination and slit skin smear analysis. Further, the patient was detected of

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Fever of Unknown OriginMycobacterium lepraeAdultBacteremiaHumansLeprosyLeprosy, MultibacillaryMaleSkincerebrospinal fluidfeverleprosynested PCRnext-generation sequencing

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PMCPMC11384573

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