Leprosy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Long-term relapse risk of multibacillary leprosy after completion of 2 years of multiple drug therapy (WHO-MDT) in Cebu, Philippines.

30 Oct 2009 From 1987 to 1994, we enrolled 500 subjects completing 2-year WHO multiple drug therapy (MDT) for multibacillary leprosy in a prospective relapse study. Relapse was defined as new skin lesions and an increase in the bacterial index (BI) > or = 2+ (> ... Read more...

Ocular manifestation in treated multibacillary Hansen's disease.

17 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: To report the prevalence of ocular morbidity in patients with treated multibacillary Hansen's disease (HD) using modern ophthalmic diagnostic techniques in a rural community endemic for HD. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, observation study. ... Read more...

Role of ulnar nerve sonography in leprosy neuropathy with electrophysiologic correlation.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of ulnar nerve sonography in leprosy neuropathy with electrophysiologic correlation. METHODS: Twenty-one consecutive patients with leprosy (12 men and 9 women; mean age ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Leprosy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Long-term relapse risk of multibacillary leprosy after completion of 2 years of multiple drug therapy (WHO-MDT) in Cebu, Philippines. 30 Oct 2009
• Ocular manifestation in treated multibacillary Hansen's disease. 17 Sep 2009
• Role of ulnar nerve sonography in leprosy neuropathy with electrophysiologic correlation. 30 Aug 2009
• Global leprosy situation, 2009. 12 Aug 2009
• No involvement of the NOD1 polymorphism Glu266Lys in Japanese leprosy patients. 3 Aug 2009
• Power to the patient. 30 Jul 2009
• CD1a and factor XIIIa immunohistochemistry in leprosy: a possible role of dendritic cells in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium leprae infection. 30 Jul 2009
• Leprosy: a diagnostic trap for dermatopathologists in nonendemic area. 30 Jul 2009
• A comparative clinical trial in multibacillary leprosy with long-term relapse rates of four different multidrug regimens. 30 Jul 2009
• Images in clinical tropical medicine. Multibacillary leprosy in Zambia. 30 Jul 2009
• Increased incidence of leprosy following HAART initiation: a manifestation of the immune reconstitution disease. 29 Jul 2009
• Comparative sequence analysis of Mycobacterium leprae and the new leprosy-causing Mycobacterium lepromatosis. 22 Jul 2009
• Human immunodeficiency virus and leprosy coinfection in Pune, India. 20 Jul 2009
• Social inequality, urban growth and leprosy in Manaus: a spatial approach. 15 Jul 2009
• Low frequency of the TIRAP S180L polymorphism in Africa, and its potential role in malaria, sepsis, and leprosy. 12 Jul 2009
• The diarylquinoline R207910 is bactericidal against Mycobacterium leprae in mice at low dose and administered intermittently. 11 Jul 2009
• Leprosy and Kaposi sarcoma presenting as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a patient with AIDS. 6 Jul 2009
• Helping a man with leprosy: a case study. 29 Jun 2009
• Population-based molecular epidemiology of leprosy in Cebu, Philippines. 29 Jun 2009
• Leprosy coinfection with kala-azar. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Leprosy'

Definition: A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the peripheral nerves. Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid.

Descriptor UI: D007918

Alternative terms: Leprosy; Leprosies; Hansen Disease; Disease, Hansen; Hansen's Disease; Disease, Hansen's; Hansens Disease;

Related Mesh Headings: Leprostatic Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C01.252.410.040.552.386;

Technical Notes: caused by Mycobacterium leprae; GEN or unspecified: prefer specifics; rat leprosy = MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS (IM) + MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAEMURIUM (IM); /drug ther: consider also LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; ENL (erythema nodosum leprosum): see note at LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS