%0 Journal Article
%T Could leprosy reaction episodes be exacerbated by oral infections?
%A Motta
%A Ana Carolina Fragoso
%A Furini
%A Renata Bazan
%A Sim£żo
%A Jo£żo Carlos Lopes
%A Vieira
%A Mariana Bellini
%A Ferreira
%A Maria Aparecida Nunes
%A Komesu
%A Marilena Chinali
%A Foss
%A Norma Tiraboschi
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822011000500022
%X introduction: this study evaluated whether leprosy reactions could be associated with oral infection. methods: leprosy patients (n = 38) with (group i) and without (group ii) oral infections were selected. reactions were identified from the clinical and histopathological features associated with serum c-reactive protein (crp) and10kda interferon-gamma-induced protein (ip-10) levels, determined before and after elimination of the foci of infection. results: group i presented more reactions than group ii did, and improvement of the reactions after dental treatment. serum crp and ip-10 did not differ before and after the dental treatment, but differed between the groups. conclusions: oral infection could be an exacerbating factor in leprosy reactions.
%K leprosy reaction episodes
%K oral infection
%K inflammatory markers.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822011000500022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en