TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - Leprosy, Borderline
KW - Leprosy, lepromatous
KW - Male
KW - Median Nerve
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Peripheral nerves
KW - Tibial Nerve
KW - Time Factors
AU - Pereira J H
AU - Palande D D
AU - Gschmeissner S E
AB - <p>Mycobacteria were present in 4 out of 8 mixed peripheral nerve trunks from patients (3 BT and 1 BL) treated with DDS and/or MDT for periods ranging from 21 months to 8 years. Most of the bacilli appeared to be 'whole'. Nerve destruction with areas of granulomatous infiltration appeared more active than expected. Possible reasons for a continued presence of bacilli in treated nerves and its implications in 'relapse' are discussed.</p>
BT - Leprosy review
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1870375?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1991 Jun
DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19910015
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr Rev
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Mycobacteria were present in 4 out of 8 mixed peripheral nerve trunks from patients (3 BT and 1 BL) treated with DDS and/or MDT for periods ranging from 21 months to 8 years. Most of the bacilli appeared to be 'whole'. Nerve destruction with areas of granulomatous infiltration appeared more active than expected. Possible reasons for a continued presence of bacilli in treated nerves and its implications in 'relapse' are discussed.</p>
PY - 1991
SP - 134
EP - 42
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Mycobacteria in nerve trunks of long-term treated leprosy patients.
UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1991/v62n2/pdf/v62n2a03.pdf
VL - 62
SN - 0305-7518
ER -