RT Book, Section
A1 Walsh, Douglas S.
A1 Portaels, Françoise
A1 de Jong, Bouke C.
A1 Meyers, Wayne M.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182936158
T1 Leprosy
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182936158
RD 2024/04/16
AB Leprosy  is  a  chronic  infectious  disease  caused  by  Mycobacterium  leprae,  an  acid-fast  bacillus  (AFB)  first  recognized  by  Hansen  in  1873  in  Bergen,  Norway,  while  examining  smears  from  lepromas  of  Norwegian  patients.  Notably,  the  organism  was  the  first  reported  bacterium  causing  chronic  disease  in  humans  and  principally  affects  the  cooler  parts  of  the  body,  especially  the  skin,  upper  respiratory  tract,  testes,  eyes,  and  superficial  segments  of  peripheral  nerves.  The  stigma  suffered  by  patients  with  leprosy  has  historically  been  severe.  Because  of  the  stigma  of  leprosy,  physicians  must  carefully  consider  the  social  implications  of  a  diagnosis  of  leprosy,  especially  in  children.