TY - JOUR
KW - Aged
KW - Epidermis
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Microscopy, Electron
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
AU - OKADA S
AU - Komura J
AU - NISHIURA M
AB - <p>Leprosy bacilli were found in a keratinocyte of the epidermis by the electron microscopic observation of the ultrathin section of a leproma. The possibility of discharge of leprosy bacilli from the skin should be considered even if the lepromatous patient does not have any ulceration.</p>
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/348610?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1978 Jan-Mar
IS - 1
J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Leprosy bacilli were found in a keratinocyte of the epidermis by the electron microscopic observation of the ultrathin section of a leproma. The possibility of discharge of leprosy bacilli from the skin should be considered even if the lepromatous patient does not have any ulceration.</p>
PY - 1978
SP - 30
EP - 4
T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
TI - Mycobacterium leprae found in epidermal cells by electron microscopy.
VL - 46
SN - 0148-916X
ER -