Leprosy is a dermatoneurological disease and can cause irreversible nerve damage. In addition to being able to mimic different rheumatological, neurological and dermatological diseases, leprosy is underdiagnosed because several professionals present ...
The American Journal of dermatopathology
Nov 5, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Leprosy is a neglected infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis and remains a public health challenge in tropical regions. Therefore, the development of technological tools such as machine learnin...
Rifampicin resistance is a major therapeutic challenge, particularly in tuberculosis, leprosy, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus infections, where it develops via missense mutations in gene rpoB. Previously we have highlighted that these mutations reduce p...
BACKGROUNDReversal reactions (RRs) in leprosy are acute immune episodes marked by inflammation and bacterial clearance, offering a model to study the dynamics of host responses to Mycobacterium leprae. These episodes are often severe and difficult to...
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