The lepromin test in lepra reaction
Int. j. lepr
; 8(2): 151-158, Apr.-Jun. 1940. tab
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| SES-SP, HANSEN, HANSENIASE, SESSP-ILSLACERVO, SES-SP
| ID: biblio-1228355
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BR191.1
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ABSTRACT
1- Of forty-eight hospital patients with lepromatous leprosy in various states of lepra reaction that were tested with lepromin, only four, or 8.3 percent, gave clear-cut positive reactions-one 3+ and three 2+. The 1+ reactions are considered not significant, a point to be discussed in a subsequent paper. 2- Irrespective of whether the patients were in the reaction state or not, retests made from two to four months after the original ones tended to give from slightly to moderately stronger lepromin reactions in twenty-four out of forty-eight patients (including the controls) that were retested. 3- No apparent relation in the intensity of the lepromin test to the presence of lepra reaction can be shown in the diferent groups into which the cases had been arbitrarily classified. 4- Similarly, no deductions can be made concerning the intensity of the lepromin test in relation to the time of the injection after the onset of lepra reaction in the mild, or mild brief and mild recurreant cases. 5- From the results of these studies, no apparent conclusion can be drawn to support the hypothesis that lepra reaction is a manifestation of allergy. Lepra reaction remains an obscure condition.
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06-national
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BR
Base de dados:
HANSEN
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HANSENIASE
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SES-SP
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SESSP-ILSLACERVO
Assunto principal:
Antígeno de Mitsuda
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Hanseníase
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int. j. lepr
Ano de publicação:
1940
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Article