Abstract
Multibacillary leprosy in an active duty military member.
Highlights
To the Editor: Leprosy (Hansen disease) is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an extremely slow-growing, intracellular, acid-fast bacillus with a typical incubation period >2–5 years, ranging up to 20 years
We report a case of multibacillary leprosy in a 44-yearold man, an active member of the US military, residing in southern California, USA, who had a 2-week history of fatigue and large, erythematous plaques on the extremities
Residual anesthesia remained only over the right pinna. His course was without complication by either reversal reaction or erythema nodosum leprosum
Summary
To the Editor: Leprosy (Hansen disease) is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an extremely slow-growing, intracellular, acid-fast bacillus with a typical incubation period >2–5 years, ranging up to 20 years. In the United States, ≈150 cases are reported annually, two thirds of which are associated with overseas exposure; the remainder are believed to be domestically acquired [3]. We report a case of multibacillary leprosy in a 44-yearold man, an active member of the US military, residing in southern California, USA, who had a 2-week history of fatigue and large, erythematous plaques on the extremities. Annular skin lesions subsequently developed on his face, limbs, and trunk (Figure, panel A).
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