01253nas a2200313 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001300065653001700078653002500095653001100120653001400131653001300145653001200158653000900170653001500179653002000194100001200214700001100226700001600237700001300253245007400266300001100340490000700351050003200358520053500390022001400925 1980 d c1980 Jul10aAdult10aAntigens10aCoccidioidin10aDinitrochlorobenzene10aHumans10aIrritants10aLepromin10aleprosy10aSkin10aSkin Tests10aTuberculin Test1 aKumar B1 aKaur S1 aGanguly N K1 aSharma S00aCutaneous responses to antigens and irritants in patients of leprosy. a405-100 v52 aInfolep Library - available3 a
Forty seven patients of various types of leprosy were skin tested with PPD, Dharmendra lepromin, DNCB, Coccidiodin, histamine and croton oil. Twenty five age matched normal controls were also included in the study. All types of leprosy patients reacted in smaller numbers and with decreased response to all antigens and irritants as compared to normal controls. Depression of response being minimum in tuberculoid and maximum in lepromatous group. None of the patients or controls reacted to coccidiodin. Details are given.
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