01427nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001653002100042653001900063653001900082653001200101653001900113653002000132100001700152700001500169700001400184700001300198700001500211700001600226245018300242856005700425300001000482490000600492520064900498022001401147       2016                            d10aSlit skin smears10aPaucibacillary10aMultibacillary10aleprosy10aHistopathology10aBacillary index1 aPremalatha P1 aRenuka I V1 aMeghana A1 aDevi S I1 aCharyulu P1 aSampoorna G00aUtility of bacillary index in slit skin smears in correlation with clinical and histopathological alterations in Hansen's disease: An attempt to revive a simple useful procedure.  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924493/  a181-40 v63 a<p>Leprosy, a relatively common chronic contagious disease having diverse modes of clinical presentation, can mimic a variety of unrelated diseases. For proper and adequate treatment, the diagnosis must be made accurately with subtyping which should be done with the help of bacillary index, histopathological features, and clinical correlation. This is extremely important in patient care as paucibacillary and multibacillary types have different modes of treatment. Our aim is to categorize leprosy into various types based on bacillary index, morphological findings both in slit skin smears, and biopsy along with clinical correlation.</p>
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