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标题：Late lepromin reaction in untreated patients with indeterminate leprosy under 21 years old in Burma
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作者：L. M. Bechelli ; P. Gallego Garbajosa ; Mg Mg Gyi 等
期刊名称：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
印刷版ISSN：0042-9686
出版年度：1973
卷号：48
期号：1
页码：113-116
语种：English
出版社：World Health Organisation
摘要：Studies on lepromin reactivity in indeterminate (I) leprosy have usually been carried out among patients in whom the disease appeared 1 or more years before testing. This may result in misleading findings because a high proportion of patients, probably those showing moderate or strong lepromin reactions, seem to progress to the tuberculoid pole of leprosy in a relatively short time (<1 year), and in many the lesions heal spontaneously. The object of the present study was to determine the frequency and intensity of late lepromin reactions (macroscopic readings) in untreated I patients aged under 21 years who had had the disease for less than 1 year. Of 209 patients tested with lepromin containing 160 × 10⁶ bacilli/ml only a small proportion (≠ 7%) showed a negative or doubtful lepromin reaction, while 61.5% were 2+ and 3+ reactors. These findings indicate that a favourable outcome may be expected in most I cases in the trial area. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (532K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 113 114 115 116