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Arq. bras. oftalmol ; 72(5): 728-733, set.-out. 2009. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-534202

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Houve uma acentuada queda na prevalência da hanseníase nas últimas três décadas. Contudo, a incidência não diminuiu na mesma proporção. Hoje, três anos após a última data estipulada pela Organização Mundial da Saúde para o controle da hanseníase, pacientes considerados curados ainda necessitam de cuidados especiais por causa de suas incapacidades e reações imunológicas. A literatura médica refere cegueira em 4 por cento a 11 por cento dos pacientes estudados e, mais de 20 por cento com graves problemas visuais devido a exposição da córnea, invasão bacilar e hipersensibilidade; estes mecanismos resultam em uma população de aproximadamente 1 milhão de pacientes cegos, embora a prevalência oficial não passe de 250.000 pacientes em todo o mundo. O autor destaca a necessidade de melhor tratamento e acompanhamento dos pacientes e, conclama os oftalmologistas a tornarem-se mais perceptivos e se interessarem mais pelo tratamento das complicações oculares da hanseníase.


A sharp drop in the prevalence of leprosy occurred in the last three decades. However, the incidence has not decreased at the same rate. Three years after the World Health Organization last deadline for leprosy control, patients considered healed still need special care for their incapacities and immunopathological reactions. Medical literature reffers blindness in 4 percent to 11 percent of studied patients and more than 20 percent with severe visual problems due to corneal exposure, bacillary invasion and hipersensibility. These mechanisms result in a population of nearly one million blind leprosy patients even though official prevalence accounts no more than 250,000 patients worldwide. The author calls for better patients management and follow-up and urges ophthalmologists to become more aware and interested in the treatment of the ocular complications of leprosy.


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Humans , Eye Infections, Bacterial/microbiology , Leprosy/complications , Blindness/epidemiology , Blindness/microbiology , Eye Infections, Bacterial/pathology , Iridocyclitis/microbiology , Iridocyclitis/pathology , Keratitis/microbiology , Keratitis/pathology , Leprosy/epidemiology
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Indian J Lepr ; 1998 Jan-Mar; 70(1): 27-31
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-54991

ABSTRACT

The authors conducted an anterior chamber paracentesis in a patient with lepromatous leprosy showing bilateral iridocyclitis. The paracentesis was performed in the outpatients department. The aqueous humor was studied by Ziehl-Nielsen staining method and the result was the isolation of the M. leprae in the anterior chamber. This study shows that M. leprae can promote uveitis in leprosy patients. Therefore, it should be looked for in patients having this type of disease.


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Aged , Anterior Chamber/microbiology , Aqueous Humor/microbiology , Eye Infections, Bacterial/microbiology , Female , Humans , Iridocyclitis/microbiology , Leprosy, Lepromatous/microbiology , Mycobacterium leprae/isolation & purification , Paracentesis
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