Lepromatous leprosy of histoid type

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007 Jan;25(1):70-1. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.31069.

Abstract

Histoid leprosy is a variant of lepromatous leprosy, which develops as a result of resistance to dapsone monotherapy. Here we report two cases of lepromatous leprosy of histoid type, one with typical and another with atypical presentations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dapsone / pharmacology
  • Dapsone / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leprostatic Agents / pharmacology
  • Leprostatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / drug therapy
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / microbiology
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium leprae / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium leprae / growth & development
  • Mycobacterium leprae / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Leprostatic Agents
  • Dapsone