Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy
INTRODUCTION: The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011. RESULTS: The patients had a clinical dimor...
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doaj-0af05637eb074c0cba0a6b747f9ddb9d2020-11-24T21:56:42ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492015-02-01481969810.1590/0037-8682-0148-2014S0037-86822015000100096Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosyPaula Sacha Frota NogueiraEscolástica Rejane Ferreira MouraAndrezza Alves DiasCamila Félix AméricoLidiane Rebouças AguiarMayenne Myrcea Quintino Pereira ValenteINTRODUCTION: The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011. RESULTS: The patients had a clinical dimorphous form of leprosy (44.9%), no physical incapacity at diagnosis (87.5%), and no complications in either the patient or infant (33.4%). In 36.3% of cases, leprosy symptoms were presented in the last trimester of pregnancy, and in 31.9% of patients were in the first trimester of lactation. CONCLUSIONS: The association between leprosy and pregnancy should be routinely investigated, particularly in endemic areas.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000100096&lng=en&tlng=enLeprosyInfectious pregnancy complicationsPublic Health |
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Paula Sacha Frota Nogueira Escolástica Rejane Ferreira Moura Andrezza Alves Dias Camila Félix Américo Lidiane Rebouças Aguiar Mayenne Myrcea Quintino Pereira Valente Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Leprosy Infectious pregnancy complications Public Health |
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Paula Sacha Frota Nogueira Escolástica Rejane Ferreira Moura Andrezza Alves Dias Camila Félix Américo Lidiane Rebouças Aguiar Mayenne Myrcea Quintino Pereira Valente |
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Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy |
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Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy |
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Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy |
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Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy |
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Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy |
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characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) |
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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INTRODUCTION: The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011. RESULTS: The patients had a clinical dimorphous form of leprosy (44.9%), no physical incapacity at diagnosis (87.5%), and no complications in either the patient or infant (33.4%). In 36.3% of cases, leprosy symptoms were presented in the last trimester of pregnancy, and in 31.9% of patients were in the first trimester of lactation. CONCLUSIONS: The association between leprosy and pregnancy should be routinely investigated, particularly in endemic areas. |
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Leprosy Infectious pregnancy complications Public Health |
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