A bacteriologic study of 116 patients with multibacillary leprosy from Guantanamo City is made. Samples for bacteriologic examination were derived from both auricular lobules, the two elbows, and the middle phalanges of the third finger. The microscopic examination found acid-alcohol-resistant bacilli in 19% of patients, while failure to find any of these organisms occurred in 81%.
BT - Revista cubana de medicina tropical C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2486227?dopt=Abstract DA - 1989 May-Aug IS - 2 J2 - Rev Cubana Med Trop LA - spa N2 -A bacteriologic study of 116 patients with multibacillary leprosy from Guantanamo City is made. Samples for bacteriologic examination were derived from both auricular lobules, the two elbows, and the middle phalanges of the third finger. The microscopic examination found acid-alcohol-resistant bacilli in 19% of patients, while failure to find any of these organisms occurred in 81%.
PY - 1989 SP - 307 EP - 12 T2 - Revista cubana de medicina tropical TI - [Bacteriologic study in patients with multibacillary leprosy treated with rifampicin and acedapsone]. VL - 41 SN - 0375-0760 ER -