The Morphological Index (MI) of bacilli at three levels of the granuloma in 20 skin biopsies from untreated lepromatous patients has been recorded. The more superficial part of the granuloma and the subepidermal free zone showed a significantly higher MI, compared to the mid and lower zones. Possible reasons for this non-uniform distribution of morphologically intact bacilli are discussed.
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6763004?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1982 Dec IS - 4 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -The Morphological Index (MI) of bacilli at three levels of the granuloma in 20 skin biopsies from untreated lepromatous patients has been recorded. The more superficial part of the granuloma and the subepidermal free zone showed a significantly higher MI, compared to the mid and lower zones. Possible reasons for this non-uniform distribution of morphologically intact bacilli are discussed.
PY - 1982 SP - 477 EP - 9 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - The morphology of bacilli at different levels of the dermal infiltrate in lepromatous leprosy. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v50n4a08.pdf VL - 50 SN - 0148-916X ER -