Expression of CD64 on Circulating Neutrophils Favoring Systemic Inflammatory Status in Erythema Nodosum Leprosum.

• Main Authors: Veronica Schmitz (Author), Rhana Berto da Silva Prata (Author), Mayara Garcia de Mattos Barbosa (Author), Mayara Abud Mendes (Author), Sheila Santos Brandão (Author), Thaís Porto Amadeu (Author), Luciana Silva Rodrigues (Author), Helen Ferreira (Author), Fabrício da Mota Ramalho Costa (Author), Jessica Brandão Dos Santos (Author), Fabiana Dos Santos Pacheco (Author), Alice de Miranda Machado (Author), José Augusto da Costa Nery (Author), Mariana de Andrea Hacker (Author), Anna Maria Sales (Author), Roberta Olmo Pinheiro (Author), Euzenir Nunes Sarno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL) is an immune reaction in leprosy that aggravates the patient´s clinical condition. ENL presents systemic symptoms of an acute infectious syndrome with high leukocytosis and intense malaise clinically similar to sepsis. The treatment of ENL patients requires immunosupp...