Skin smears in leprosy: is reduction in number of sites justified?
Acta Leprol
; 10(4): 191-4, 1997.
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| ID: mdl-9447251
ABSTRACT
An analysis of 377 sets of positive skin smears of leprosy patients was done to determine the minimum sites needed to detect all smear positive leprosy patients. A combination of earlobe and a selective site could pick up 95.5% of the patients. An additional smear from the forehead increased the sensitivity of 97.7%. The results suggest that the sites for skin smears may be reduced to a combination of the earlobe and one selective site smear from a skin lesion to be able to detect most smear positive leprosy patients.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Piel
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Lepra Lepromatosa
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Mycobacterium leprae
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Leprol
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India