01072nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002400055653002100079653001200100653002500112653001100137100001400148700001600162700001600178245004700194300001000241490000700251050003200258520053800290022001400828       1976                            d  c1976 Oct10aAntigens, Bacterial10aErythema Nodosum10aleprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10aSepsis1 aPadma M N1 aPremanath M1 aDesikan K V00aBacillaemia in reactive states of leprosy.  a413-80 v48  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>35 cases of lepromatous and near-lepromatous cases of laprosy in Reaction have been investigated for the presence of acid-fast bacilli in blood at the height of the reaction as well as at its subsidence. Only 3 cases exhibited bacillaemia during reaction. It is therefore unlikely that dissemination of the disease is accentuated during reaction as commonly believed. Further, the immune complexes demonstrated to be circulating during reaction are possibly formed by bacillary products and not by whole or fragmented bacilli.</p>  a0024-1024