@article{18270,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Antigens, Bacterial, Bacteremia, Cell Wall, Child, Female, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, tratamento},
  author = {Kaur  and Kaur  and Sharma  and Ganguly  and Agnihotri  and Vaishnavi },
  title = {Bacillaemia and Mycobacterium leprae cell wall antigen in paucibacillary leprosy.},
  abstract = {<p>A study was undertaken to estimate bacillaemia and M. leprae antigen detection in 54 paucibacillary leprosy patients (TT, BT). Acid-fast bacilli were detected in the blood of 14.8% patients of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy. M. leprae antigen was demonstrated in 48.2% patients of BT leprosy. Slit-skin smears were negative in all these patients. At the end of treatment (6 months of WHO-MDT) all the follow-up blood samples were negative for both bacillaemia and M. leprae antigen in the serum.</p>},
  year = {1993},
  journal = {Indian journal of leprosy},
  volume = {65},
  pages = {283-8},
  month = {1993 Jul-Sep},
  issn = {0254-9395},
  language = {eng},
}