Leprosy: clinical diagnosis and treatment
Specimens: It includes nasal mucosa, skin lesions, ear lobules. Occasionally, lymph nodes and affected nerves. Method of collecting of skin smears: Slit and scrap method: […]
Day: May 18, 2020
Leprosy: transmission, pathogenesis and clinical features
Leprosy: Hansen’s disease (leprosy) is a chronic granulomatous disease of humans primarily involving the skin, peripheral nerves and nasal mucosa but capable of affecting any […]
Mycobacterium leprae- general characteristics, habitat and virulence factors
Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium leprae is the only pathogenic bacteria of man that has not yet been cultivated in vitro and thus fails to fulfill the […]