TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Age Distribution
KW - Aged
KW - Brazil
KW - Conjunctiva
KW - Cytological Techniques
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Skin
AU - Campos W R
AU - Rodrigues C A
AU - Oréfice F
AU - Monteiro L G
AB - <p>The technique of superior tarsal conjunctiva scrape was used for identifying M.leprae in the conjunctiva in 56 leprosy patients (all of them multibacillary, some untreated and others treated with multidrug therapy). The technique of tarsal conjunctiva scrape was shown to be more suitable than conjunctival biopsy for identifying lepra bacilli. This technique is also easier to perform and has shown a statistical relation between bacilloscopical index of skin (BIsk) and bacilloscopical index of tarsal conjunctiva (BIconj) values. Thus, if the bacilli can be identified at tarsal conjunctiva we can assume greater systemic bacillary load in the patients.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10189589?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1998 Oct-Dec
IS - 4
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The technique of superior tarsal conjunctiva scrape was used for identifying M.leprae in the conjunctiva in 56 leprosy patients (all of them multibacillary, some untreated and others treated with multidrug therapy). The technique of tarsal conjunctiva scrape was shown to be more suitable than conjunctival biopsy for identifying lepra bacilli. This technique is also easier to perform and has shown a statistical relation between bacilloscopical index of skin (BIsk) and bacilloscopical index of tarsal conjunctiva (BIconj) values. Thus, if the bacilli can be identified at tarsal conjunctiva we can assume greater systemic bacillary load in the patients.</p>
PY - 1998
SP - 397
EP - 403
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Identification of M.leprae in conjunctiva of leprosy patients using the superior tarsal conjunctiva scrape technique.
VL - 70
SN - 0254-9395
ER -