RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An isolated case of leprosy presenting in a migrant worker in Northern Ireland
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 699
OP 700
DO 10.1136/emj.2006.037481
VO 23
IS 9
A1 S J Stafford
A1 R R Wilson
YR 2006
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/9/699.abstract
AB Leprosy was first recorded in 600 bc in India. Europe saw its first cases in the fourteenth century. The worldwide incidence is falling, but the disease can still present in the most unexpected places: this is a report of the first case of leprosy presenting to an emergency department in Northern Ireland. It is important for physicians in both community and hospital medicine to have a high index of suspicion for leprosy in patients with chronic skin conditions who were born outside the UK or other developed countries.