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Volume 23, Number 11—November 2017
Dispatch

Mycobacterium lepromatosis Lepromatous Leprosy in US Citizen Who Traveled to Disease-Endemic Areas

Abinash VirkComments to Author , Bobbi Pritt, Robin Patel, James R. Uhl, Spencer A. Bezalel, Lawrence E. Gibson, Barbara M. Stryjewska, and Margot S. Peters
Author affiliations: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (A. Virk, B. Pritt, R. Patel, J.R. Uhl, S.A. Bezalel, L.E. Gibson, M.S. Peters); National Hansen’s Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (B.M. Stryjewska)

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Figure 1

Signs of Mycobacterium lepromatosis infection in 59-year-old white male US citizen, 2017. A) Leonine facies with partial loss of eyebrows and nodular lesion of chin. B) Right ear nodularity with focal crusted ulceration. C) Confluent erythema from face to neck.

Figure 1. Signs of Mycobacterium lepromatosis infection in 59-year-old white male US citizen, 2017. A) Leonine facies with partial loss of eyebrows and nodular lesion of chin. B) Right ear nodularity with focal crusted ulceration. C) Confluent erythema from face to neck.

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