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Relapse of Mycobacterium leprae infection with ocular manifestations. 1995

N H Carus, and M B Raizman, and D L Williams, and A S Baker
Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.

A case of ocular leprosy as the manifestation of persistent or relapsed Mycobacterium leprae infection approximately 20 years following treatment is reported. The clinical and pathological features of this case are described, and the molecular methods needed to arrive at the definitive diagnosis are examined. If blindness is to be averted, clinicians must have a high index of suspicion for the diagnosis of ocular leprosy when anterior segment changes are noted during ophthalmologic examination of a patient from an area in which M. leprae is endemic. The indolent nature of ocular leprosy may require lifelong surveillance and therapy to insure sight preservation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007918 Leprosy A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the peripheral nerves. Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid. Hansen's Disease,Hansen Disease
D008297 Male Males
D009166 Mycobacterium leprae A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that causes LEPROSY in man. Its organisms are generally arranged in clumps, rounded masses, or in groups of bacilli side by side.
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D015818 Eye Infections, Bacterial Infections in the inner or external eye caused by microorganisms belonging to several families of bacteria. Some of the more common genera found are Haemophilus, Neisseria, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Chlamydia. Bacterial Eye Infections,Ocular Infections, Bacterial,Bacterial Ocular Infections,Infections, Bacterial Eye,Infections, Bacterial Ocular,Bacterial Eye Infection,Bacterial Ocular Infection,Eye Infection, Bacterial,Infection, Bacterial Eye,Ocular Infection, Bacterial

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