An Unusual Infection with Bacillus Pyocyaneus Simulating Leprosy

He had two perforating ulcers, one on the right heel about one-and-a-half inches in depth and the other on the second toe about half-an-inch in depth on the same foot. He had also white discoloured patches over the left cheek and on the outer surface of the left arm, on the outer side of the left leg and on the dorsal surface of the left foot. These patches were not anaesthetic. He also suffered from burning and tingling sensation in both feet. These symptoms resembled those of leprosy and in fact he was treated as such a case