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ArticleIranian journal of microbiology2024

Robust contact tracing and screening needed for leprosy control and protection of vulnerable children.

Khyathi Reddy Pilaka, Michael Sukumar Pallapati, Zakaraiah Jaladi, Kumar Ebineshan

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Article in Iranian journal of microbiology, 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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Khyathi Reddy PilakaClinical and Epidemiology Division, LEPRA Society - Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre (BPHRC), Cherlapally, Hyderabad, India.
Michael Sukumar PallapatiClinical and Epidemiology Division, LEPRA Society - Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre (BPHRC), Cherlapally, Hyderabad, India.
Zakaraiah JaladiClinical and Epidemiology Division, LEPRA Society - Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre (BPHRC), Cherlapally, Hyderabad, India.
Kumar EbineshanDepartment of Microbiology, LEPRA Society - Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre (BPHRC), Cherlapally, Hyderabad, India.

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Abstract

Leprosy in children is considered as an indicator of active disease transmission in the community. We report about a seven-year-old male from Telangana, India, with anesthetic skin lesions and familial leprosy history. Clinical examination revealed multiple, dry, scaly, hypopigmented, well-defined, raised punched out anesthetic skin lesions all over the body with both ulnar nerves enlarged. On clinical and laboratory examination, the child was diagnosed with borderline-borderline (BB), multibacillary (MB) leprosy, and Type-1 reaction. The child received a weight-adjusted MB multidrug therapy regimen and corticosteroids for type-1 reactions. This case emphasizes the need for contact tracing and screening for early diagnosis of child leprosy to prevent complications like leprosy reactions which are the risk factors for disability.

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LeprosyMycobacterium lepraePolymerase chain reaction

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PMCPMC11551656

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