01424nas a2200325   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653000900080653001000089653001100099653001100110653001200121653000900133653001600142653002500158653001100183100001400194700001500208700001100223700001700234700001600251245008500267300001100352490000700363050003200370520068200402022001401084       1982                            d  c1982 Oct10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aChild10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMycobacterium leprae10aSepsis1 aRaval S N1 aSengupta U1 aRamu G1 aPrabhune P V1 aDesikan K V00aA study of continuous bacillaemia in borderline and lepromatous type of leprosy.  a623-330 v54  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The present work has established beyond doubt that bacillaemia occurs practically in all cases of borderline and lepromatous leprosy. The number of bacilli in the blood is significantly high, to the tune of 4,000 bacilli per ml. Even so, it does not produce any adverse symptoms of septicaemia. Special emphasis was laid in the present study for determining the continuity or otherwise of bacillaemia. Some of the patients had continuous bacillaemia according to the criteria fixed in the present study. It was also found that the number of bacilli discharged into the blood bears no relationship with the bacillary load in the body as assessed by skin and nasal smears.</p>  a0024-1024