01177nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653003100055653003000086653001700116653001400133653001100147653001200158653001500170653001100185653000900196100001500205700001100220700001600231245005100247300001000298490000700308050003200315520053800347022001400885       1978                            d  c1978 Jul10aBacteriological Techniques10aBlood Specimen Collection10aErythrocytes10aHemolysis10aHumans10aleprosy10aLeukocytes10aSepsis10aSkin1 aSengupta U1 aRamu G1 aDesikan K V00aEvaluation of bacteraemia in leprosy patients.  a381-70 v50  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Thirty five patients of leprosy have been screened for bacteraemia by haemolysis (HL), leucocyte adherence (LA) and buffy coat (BC) methods and the results have been compared. The HL method has yielded not only higher number of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) but also has detected more frequently AFB in blood of leprosy patients as compared to other methods. Further, it has been established that the skin over the cubital fossa does not play any significant role in contaminating blood samples while sampling blood by venepuncture.</p>  a0024-1024