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Mashup Score: 1Leprosy Cases Rise in Florida: What Do Dermatologists Need to Know? - Practical Dermatology - 8 month(s) ago
Carrie Kovarik, MD, talks to DermWire about the current leprosy outbreak and what to look out for in patients.
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Mashup Score: 1Despite Recent Uptick, Leprosy Is Very Rare, Expert Says - 8 month(s) ago
A research letter describes a case of leprosy in a 54-year-old man who worked in landscaping; the patient sought treatment at a dermatology clinic in 2022 for a painful and progressive erythematous rash.
Source: MedscapeCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Despite the recent uptick in #leprosy cases in Central Florida, the disease is very rare, and casual contact with an infected person is likely to not result in transmission. https://t.co/3zmOp2VKM6 https://t.co/wAs44UVOnR
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Mashup Score: 10Leprosy may now be endemic in Florida, clinicians warn - 9 month(s) ago
There is growing evidence to suggest that Hansen’s disease, often called leprosy, may be endemic in the US state of Florida and clinicians should be alert to this, a letter in CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases has said.1 Writing in the journal, clinicians outlined a recent case of a 54 year old man from Florida, who presented with a painful and progressive rash and was diagnosed with leprosy. They said contact tracing by the National Hansen’s Disease Program showed no associated risk factors such as travel, zoonotic exposure, occupational association, or personal contacts. “The absence of traditional risk …
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There is growing evidence to suggest that Hansen’s disease, often called #leprosy, may be endemic in the US state of Florida and clinicians should be alert to this, a letter in CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases has said https://t.co/25QAxyExHg
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Mashup Score: 0
Introduction Leprosy, or Hansen’s disease, remains a cause of preventable disability. Early detection, treatment and prevention are key to reducing transmission. Post-exposure prophylaxis with single-dose rifampicin (SDR-PEP) reduces the risk of developing leprosy when administered to screened contacts of patients. This has been adopted in the WHO leprosy guidelines. The PEP4LEP study aims to determine the most effective and feasible method of screening people at risk of developing leprosy and administering chemoprophylaxis to contribute to interrupting transmission. Methods and analysis PEP4LEP is a cluster-randomised implementation trial comparing two interventions of integrated skin screening combined with SDR-PEP distribution to contacts of patients with leprosy in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania. One intervention is community-based, using skin camps to screen approximately 100 community contacts per leprosy patient, and to administer SDR-PEP when eligible. The other intervention
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Read one of our top cited papers in #infectiousdiseases: PEP4LEP study protocol: integrated skin screening and SDR-PEP administration for #leprosy prevention https://t.co/rVip17F2bF https://t.co/fgx0IGSlKi
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Mashup Score: 0NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals - 11 month(s) ago
NEJM Journal Watch reviews over 250 scientific and medical journals to present important clinical research findings and insightful commentary
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Rifapentine prevents the development of leprosy, according to a new randomized trial. https://t.co/IeQOZAqMn9 @NEJM @RMKGandhi #leprosy #IDTwitter https://t.co/OgaomHDrHN
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Mashup Score: 4Study: Giving an antibiotic to household contacts of people with leprosy slashes chances of spread - 11 month(s) ago
In a new trial, providing contacts of people with leprosy with a single dose of an antibiotic typically used to treat tuberculosis drastically reduced the risk of spread, researchers reported Wednesday.
Source: STATCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A single dose of the antibiotic rifapentine cuts the risk of developing #leprosy, aka Hansen's disease, for household contacts of an active case, @DrewQJoseph reports. https://t.co/CQAVAIMoOA
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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Preliminary data from the Ministry of Health indicate that, in 2022, more than 17,000 new cases of leprosy were diagnosed in Brazil. In 2021, the number of records reached 18,000 cases, with 11.2% of patients considered as grade 2 of physical disability – when injuries considered serious are identified in the eyes, hands and feet. The […]
Source: Outbreak News TodayCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @bactiman63: #Brazil reports 17,000 #leprosy cases in 2022 https://t.co/RzHIxFetHz
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Mashup Score: 0Population-wide active case finding and prevention for tuberculosis and leprosy elimination in Kiribati: the PEARL study protocol - PubMed - 2 year(s) ago
Approval was obtained from the University of Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee (project no. 2021/127) and the Kiribati Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS). Findings will be shared with the MHMS and local communities, published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international …
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#Population- #wide active case finding and prevention for #tuberculosis and #leprosy elimination in Kiribati: the PEARL study protocol #TB https://t.co/QGc46gf9sx https://t.co/D7kgfbqqgD
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Mashup Score: 3Neglected tropical rheumatic diseases - Clinical Rheumatology - 2 year(s) ago
The complexities of dealing with rheumatic diseases in tropical countries are diverse and likely due to limited health care infrastructure, lack of diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, impact of dominant prevailing diseases, and the challenges of differentiating from infectious and non-infectious disease mimics. Several tropical diseases present with musculoskeletal and rheumatic manifestations…
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NEW: A comprehensive review on rheumatic manifestations of tropical diseases by @vikasagrIMMUNO and colleagues #tuberculosis #leprosy #TropicalPyomyositis #ChikungunyaArthritis #dengue #zika #Brucellosis #HIV #Fluorosis #Sicklecelldisease and much more! 👉https://t.co/ibHkDGBrMP https://t.co/egozVWJVsf
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Mashup Score: 0Madarosis: A Marker of Many Maladies - 2 year(s) ago
Madarosis is a terminology that refers to loss of eyebrows or eyelashes. This clinical sign occurs in various diseases ranging from local dermatological disorders to complex systemic diseases. Madarosis can be scarring or non-scarring depending upon the …
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4/ #Leprosy #madarosis What is #madarosis eyebrow paucity? A common finding in advanced leprosy. Histiocytic infiltration of hair follicles —> follicle destruction due to granulomatous inflammation https://t.co/PGzzlWVVOo
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#Leprosy is making headlines because of an outbreak in Florida, and although this disease is still rare, it should be on #dermatologists' radar, says @carriekovarik, a professor of #dermatology and medicine at @PennMedicine in Philadelphia. https://t.co/moz7kCtZsH