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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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V. Lepra

Case 40. Lepromatous Lepra / Dermatophytosis

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Fig. 40-A2: Lepromatous Lepra

The smears of the lymph fluid of the skin from the right cheek presented with the Ziehl-Neelsen stain at higher power abundant small red rods, i.e bacilli of Mycobacterium lepra.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela