There are some 20 million people in the world with leprosy. In the lepromatous form of the illness the nose becomes infected very early in the disease process. The nasal discharge which occurs is heavily bacillated and is the most potent source of exit of Mycobacterium leprae from the body. The necessity for early diagnosis and treatment of leprosy in the absence of an effective vaccine is discussed and the pathological changes that occur in the nose are outlined. The roles which the leprologist and the rhinologist are able to play are mentioned.
BT - Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1108744?dopt=Abstract DA - 1975 Dec IS - 6 J2 - Ann R Coll Surg Engl LA - eng N2 -There are some 20 million people in the world with leprosy. In the lepromatous form of the illness the nose becomes infected very early in the disease process. The nasal discharge which occurs is heavily bacillated and is the most potent source of exit of Mycobacterium leprae from the body. The necessity for early diagnosis and treatment of leprosy in the absence of an effective vaccine is discussed and the pathological changes that occur in the nose are outlined. The roles which the leprologist and the rhinologist are able to play are mentioned.
PY - 1975 SP - 309 EP - 12 T2 - Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England TI - Importance of nasal lesions in early lepromatous leprosy. VL - 57 SN - 0035-8843 ER -