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Six cases of leprosy associated with allogeneic hematopoietic SCT

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We report here the first six cases of leprosy associated with HLA-identical allogeneic SCT in different phases and with different findings and outcomes. Skin and peripheral nerves may be sites of leprosy associated with SCT, stressing the importance of differential diagnosis between leprosy and GVHD or drug reactions. Clinical manifestations of leprosy before or after transplantation did not influence the outcome of SCT in our cases.

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    F Pieroni, A B P L Stracieri, D A Moraes, F P Saggioro, G M N Barros, M C B Oliveira, M A Coutinho, B P Simões, N P Foss & J C Voltarelli

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  4. University Hospital, School of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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  5. Cancer Hospital of Jaú—Amaral Carvalho Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil

    M P de Souza, M A Mauad & V A R Colturato

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Pieroni, F., Stracieri, A., Moraes, D. et al. Six cases of leprosy associated with allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 40, 859–863 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705824

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