01203nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002900055653001100084653002300095653001200118653002500130653000900155100001500164700001100179700001400190700001300204700001700217245008200234300001100316490000700327050003200334520055700366022001400923       1982                            d  c1982 Jul10aClinical Trials as Topic10aHumans10aLeprostatic Agents10aleprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10aSkin1 aSharma V D1 aRamu G1 aDutta A K1 aKatoch K1 aRamanathan U00aSolid, fragmented and granular index as one of the parameters in drug trials.  a448-530 v54  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A bacteriological study of the skin smears of 108 bacteriologically positive cases of leprosy, 30 of them untreated, has been undertaken. In each case solid, fragmented and granular (SFG) index, bacteriological index (BI) and morphological index (MI) of skin smears from 4 sites were calculated. The results show that SFG index together with BI can be used as one of the parameters in drug trials. The importance of SFG index in research and as a routine laboratory procedure in leprosy control units undertaking multi drug therapy is discussed.</p>  a0024-1024