01328nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653000900084653002400093653001500117653001400132653001000146653001100156653001100167653001200178653000900190653001600199653001500215100001000230700001000240700001200250700001300262700001500275700001500290245008600305300001000391490000700401050003200408520051200440022001400952       1993                            d  c1993 Jul-Sep10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aAntigens, Bacterial10aBacteremia10aCell Wall10aChild10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10atratamento1 aKaur 1 aKaur 1 aSharma 1 aGanguly 1 aAgnihotri 1 aVaishnavi 00aBacillaemia and Mycobacterium leprae cell wall antigen in paucibacillary leprosy.  a283-80 v65  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A study was undertaken to estimate bacillaemia and M. leprae antigen detection in 54 paucibacillary leprosy patients (TT, BT). Acid-fast bacilli were detected in the blood of 14.8% patients of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy. M. leprae antigen was demonstrated in 48.2% patients of BT leprosy. Slit-skin smears were negative in all these patients. At the end of treatment (6 months of WHO-MDT) all the follow-up blood samples were negative for both bacillaemia and M. leprae antigen in the serum.</p>  a0254-9395