Leprosy acquired by inoculation from a knee injury

Leprosy Review

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-179

  Brandsma, J W ^a   Yoder, L ^b   Macdonald, M ^c  

^a Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; KNEE INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LEPROSY; SKIN BIOPSY; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844435746     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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