Hansen's disease

Juan Carlos Cataño¹, Isabel Cristina Ramirez^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia kataju@hotmail.com.
² Infectious Diseases, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
³ Infectious Diseases, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.

Juan Carlos Cataño et al. Postgrad Med J. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;95(1124):345.

doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-136627. Epub 2019 Apr 29.

Juan Carlos Cataño¹, Isabel Cristina Ramirez^{2

3}

¹ Infectious Diseases, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia kataju@hotmail.com.
² Infectious Diseases, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
³ Infectious Diseases, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.

No abstract available

Keywords: hansen´s disease; infectious disease; leprosy; mycobacterial infections.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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