The nasal mucus in leprosy / ?
s.l; s.n; s.ed; 1973. 3p
Non-conventional
en En
| SES-SP, HANSEN, HANSENIASE, SESSP-ILSLACERVO, SES-SP
| ID: biblio-1241411
Biblioteca responsable:
BR191.1
Ubicación: [{"text": "BR191.1", "_a": "02141/s"}]
ABSTRACT
An account is given of the examination of the nasal mucus discharge smears for the presence of Myco. leprae in 322 untreated cases of leprosy seen during a period of one year of which 111 were cases of lepromatous leprosy and remaining 211 were borderline disease. The majority of the patients with lepromatous leprosy had leprosy bacilli in their nasal secretion, often in very great numbers, ans showed a high Morphological Index. Of 41 of the most active cases among the 211 patients with borderline leprosy, only one had Myco. leprae in the nasal mucus. Morphologically normal bacilli are no longer found in nose-blows after 6 months treatment with DDS. It is suggested that the nasal mucus provides a true index of infectivity, and that patients with borderline leprosy are in general not to be regarded as infectious
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Colección:
06-national
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BR
Base de datos:
HANSEN
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HANSENIASE
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SES-SP
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SESSP-ILSLACERVO
Asunto principal:
Lepra
/
Mycobacterium
Idioma:
En
Año:
1973
Tipo del documento:
Non-conventional