A rare variant of erythema nodosum leprosum: a case report

Dermatol Online J. 2003 Dec;9(5):11.

Abstract

We report a patient with lepromatous leprosy who developed a rare variant of type-2 lepra reaction, characterized by pustular lesions, on switching from WHO multi drug therapy (MDT) to ofloxacin-aided MDT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / etiology
  • Adult
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Erythema Nodosum / chemically induced
  • Erythema Nodosum / etiology*
  • Erythema Nodosum / pathology
  • Humans
  • Leprostatic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Leprostatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / complications*
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / drug therapy
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / microbiology
  • Macrophages / pathology
  • Male
  • Melanins / analysis
  • Minocycline / administration & dosage
  • Minocycline / therapeutic use
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Neutrophils / pathology
  • Ofloxacin / adverse effects*
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism
  • Vasculitis / chemically induced

Substances

  • Leprostatic Agents
  • Melanins
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Ofloxacin
  • Minocycline
  • Rifampin