01555nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653000900084653003100093653001600124653001100140653001100151653001600162653000900178653001600187653001200203653002500215653001700240653000900257653001600266100001100282700001600293700001500309700001100324245014600335856004100481300000900522490000700531520064100538022001401179       1975                            d  c1975 Jan-Mar10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aBacteriological Techniques10aBone Marrow10aFemale10aHumans10aLymph Nodes10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMuscles10aMycobacterium leprae10aNerve Tissue10aSkin10aSural Nerve1 aKaur S1 aMinocha Y C1 aSengupta U1 aNaik S00aA comparative evaluation of bacteriologic and morphologic indices of Mycobacterium leprae in skin, lymph node, bone marrow, nerve and muscle.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v43n1a09.pdf  a55-70 v433 a<p>This study elicits the comparative evaluation of the Bacteriologic Index (BI) and Morphologic Index (MI) of the skin, lymph node, bone marrow, nerve and muscle tissues of 15 untreated leprosy patients. The findings of comparable or even higher BI's and MI's in lymph nodes than skin are of considerable interest, especially the presence of a significant percentage of viable bacilli during reaction states when MI of skin and nerve tissue was found to be negative. Evaluation of the BI's and MI's of lymph nodes has been suggested to be of utmost importance for follow-up studies of patients being treated with antileprosy drugs.</p>  a0148-916X