TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Ear, External
KW - Elbow
KW - Female
KW - Fingers
KW - Humans
KW - Knee
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Skin
AU - Kaur S
AU - Kumar B
AU - Darshan H
AU - Singh S
AB - <p>Skin slit smears of 46 patients of lepromatous leprosy (16 untreated, 30 long treated) were studied from ear lobules, fingers, elbows and knees. In untreated patients ear lobules gave highest BI, as compared to other sites. MI from ear lobules was higher than elbows and knees but slightly lower than that from fingers. In treated patients sites other than ear lobules yielded solid staining bacilli more frequently. Multiple sites and especially peripheral sites are recommended for study of skin slit smears to discover persistent bacilli.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7007725?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1980 Oct
IS - 4
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Skin slit smears of 46 patients of lepromatous leprosy (16 untreated, 30 long treated) were studied from ear lobules, fingers, elbows and knees. In untreated patients ear lobules gave highest BI, as compared to other sites. MI from ear lobules was higher than elbows and knees but slightly lower than that from fingers. In treated patients sites other than ear lobules yielded solid staining bacilli more frequently. Multiple sites and especially peripheral sites are recommended for study of skin slit smears to discover persistent bacilli.</p>
PY - 1980
SP - 540
EP - 7
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - Choice of skin slit smears for study of bacterial and morphological indices.
VL - 52
SN - 0024-1024
ER -