Pathogenesis, Clinical Considerations, and Treatments: A Narrative Review on Leprosy.
Le PH, Philippeaux S, Mccollins T, Besong C, Kellar A, Klapper VG, De Witt AS, Drinkard J, Ahmadzadeh S, Shekoohi S, Varrassi G, Kaye AD.
Le PH, et al.
Cureus. 2023 Dec 5;15(12):e49954. doi: 10.7759/cureus.49954. eCollection 2023 Dec.
Cureus. 2023.
PMID: 38179342
Free PMC article.
Review.
The disease was once thought to be highly contiguous, and patients with leprosy were treated poorly and had to face discrimination due to the gruesome disease's complications. Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterium causative of leprosy, can generally be found in the nine-band …
The disease was once thought to be highly contiguous, and patients with leprosy were treated poorly and had to face discrimination due to th …