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- Title
Leprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014.
- Authors
Bonnar, Paul E.; Cunningham, Natalie P.; Boggild, Andrea K.; Walsh, Noreen M.; Sharma, Rahul; Davis, Ian R.C.
- Abstract
In Canada, Hansen disease (leprosy) is rare and not considered in diagnoses for nonimmigrant patients. We report Mycobacterium leprae infection in a Canadian man whose sole travel was to Florida, USA. The M. leprae isolate was identified as armadillo-associated genotype 3I-2-v1. Travelers to the southern United States should avoid contact with armadillos.
- Subjects
CANADA; FLORIDA; HANSEN'S disease; RARE diseases; MYCOBACTERIUM leprae; TRAVEL hygiene; ARMADILLOS; HANSEN'S disease diagnosis; ANTIBIOTICS; COMBINATION drug therapy; DAPSONE; LEPROSTATIC agents; MYCOBACTERIUM; QUINOLONE antibacterial agents; RIFAMPIN; TRAVEL; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 1, p165
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.3201/eid2401.170547