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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник дерматологии и венерологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0042-4609</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-6294</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Rossijskoe Obschestvo Dermatovenerologov i Kosmetologov</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1298</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25208/vdv1298</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CLINICAL CASE REPORTS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>НАБЛЮДЕНИЕ ИЗ ПРАКТИКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">A clinical case of borderline leprosy</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Клинический случай пограничной формы лепры</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7708-8707</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Semyonova</surname><given-names>Viktoriya G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Семенова</surname><given-names>Виктория Геннадьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>v.g.semenova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-4193</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Levicheva</surname><given-names>Yuliya Y.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Левичева</surname><given-names>Юлия Юрьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>levicheva@700200.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8172-2421</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shelepova</surname><given-names>Tatyana N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шелепова</surname><given-names>Татьяна Николаевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Med.), physician</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н., врач-терапевт</p></bio><email>shelepovatn@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nabieva</surname><given-names>Antonina R.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Набиева</surname><given-names>Антонина Рамазановна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>dermatovenerologist , Cand. Sci. (Med.)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>врач-дерматовенеролог, к.м.н.</p></bio><email>nabiyeva-1981@list.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8176</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">6701729328</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3859-7081</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nikonorov</surname><given-names>Aleksandr A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Никоноров</surname><given-names>Александр Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>senior research associate, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>старший научный сотрудник, д.м.н, профессор</p></bio><email>nikonorov_all@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Smolyannikova</surname><given-names>Vera A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Смольянникова</surname><given-names>Вера Анатольевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>senior research associate, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>старший научный сотрудник, д.м.н., профессор</p></bio><email>smva@bk.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-0503</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8771-4990</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kubanov</surname><given-names>Alexey A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кубанов</surname><given-names>Алексей Алексеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н., профессор, член-корреспондент РАН</p></bio><email>alex@cnikvi.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Leprosy Research Institute</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Научно-исследовательский институт по изучению лепры</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">State Research Center of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Государственный научный центр дерматовенерологии и косметологии</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И.М. Сеченова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-12-24" publication-format="electronic"><day>24</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>97</volume><issue>6</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>96</fpage><lpage>103</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-12-07"><day>07</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2021-12-21"><day>21</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Semyonova V.G., Levicheva Y.Y., Shelepova T.N., Nabieva A.R., Nikonorov A.A., Smolyannikova V.A., Kubanov A.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Семенова В.Г., Левичева Ю.Ю., Шелепова Т.Н., Набиева А.Р., Никоноров А.А., Смольянникова В.А., Кубанов А.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Semyonova V.G., Levicheva Y.Y., Shelepova T.N., Nabieva A.R., Nikonorov A.A., Smolyannikova V.A., Kubanov A.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Семенова В.Г., Левичева Ю.Ю., Шелепова Т.Н., Набиева А.Р., Никоноров А.А., Смольянникова В.А., Кубанов А.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/1298">https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/1298</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Background.</bold> Described a rare case of leprosy, borderline form in the active stage.</p> <p><bold>Aim.</bold> To present a clinical case of the development of leprosy with atypical manifestations in a patient outside a region endemic for leprosy.</p> <p><bold>Case report.</bold> A 67-year-old patient from 2018 to 2020 received treatment for allergic dermatitis, pyoderma, no effect was observed; in 2020 he was examined for sarcoidosis, the diagnosis was not confirmed. In the Leprosy Research Institute, an examination was carried out, including a bacterioscopic examination of skin scarificates, a pathomorphological examination of skin biopsies, and molecular genetic methods.</p> <p><bold>Results.</bold> Based on complaints, anamnesis, examination data and physical examination, the results of clinical and laboratory examination, the diagnosis was made: leprosy, borderline form (ICD-10 A30.3), active stage.</p> <p><bold>Conclusion.</bold> The presented observation indicates that the variety of clinical manifestations of leprosy and the lack of alertness in relation to this disease, about the difficulty in establishing the correct clinical diagnosis in the patient, given the lack of history of data on contact with patients with leprosy.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование.</bold> Описан редкий случай лепры, пограничной формы в активной стадии.</p> <p><bold>Цель.</bold> Представить клинический случай развития лепры с атипичными проявлениями у пациента, жителя неэндемичного по лепре региона.</p> <p><bold>Описание случая.</bold> Больной 67 лет, с 2018 по 2020 г. получал лечение по поводу аллергического дерматита, пиодермии, эффекта не наблюдалось; в 2020 г. обследовался с целью исключения саркоидоза. В ФГБУ «НИИЛ» Минздрава России проведено обследование, включая бактериоскопическое исследование скарификатов кожи, патоморфологическое исследование биоптатов кожи, ИФА сыворотки крови, молекулярно-генетический анализ биоптатов кожи на наличие ДНК <italic>M. leprae</italic>.</p> <p><bold>Результаты.</bold> На основании жалоб, анамнеза, данных осмотра, результатов клинико-лабораторного обследования был установлен диагноз: лепра, пограничная форма (МКБ-10 А30.3), активная стадия.</p> <p><bold>Заключение.</bold> Представленное наблюдение свидетельствует о многообразии клинических проявлений лепры, сложности в постановке правильного клинического диагноза, особенно при отсутствии в анамнезе данных о контакте с больными лепрой.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>leprosy</kwd><kwd>borderline form</kwd><kwd>atypical course</kwd><kwd>M. leprae</kwd><kwd>bacterioscopic examination</kwd><kwd>epidemiological history</kwd><kwd>endemic region</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>лепра</kwd><kwd>пограничная форма</kwd><kwd>атипичное течение</kwd><kwd>M. leprae</kwd><kwd>бактериоскопическое исследование</kwd><kwd>эпидемиологический анамнез</kwd><kwd>эндемичный регион</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Семенова В.Г., Карамова А.Э., Нефедова М.А., Чеботарев В.В., Земцов М.А., Одинец А.В. и др. 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