Lane Joshua E, Walsh Douglas S, Meyers Wayne M, Klassen-Fischer Mary K, Kent David E, Cohen David J
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia 31217, USA.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2006 Oct;55(4):714-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.02.070.
In the southern and southeastern United States, the 9-banded armadillo is an important reservoir for Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy (Hansen's disease). Here, we describe a woman living in Georgia with borderline tuberculoid leprosy who worked for many years in a garden where armadillos burrowed or were buried. There was no history of foreign travel or known exposure to a person with leprosy. Treatment with 6 once-monthly combined doses of rifampin, ofloxacin, and minocycline was successful.
在美国南部和东南部，九带犰狳是麻风分枝杆菌（麻风病的病原体）的重要宿主。在此，我们描述了一名居住在佐治亚州的患有边缘结核样型麻风病的女性，她在一个有犰狳打洞或被掩埋的花园里工作多年。她没有国外旅行史，也没有已知的麻风病人接触史。每月一次，连续6次联合使用利福平、氧氟沙星和米诺环素进行治疗取得了成功。
