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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 4, Pages 714-716Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.02.070
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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.
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