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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. infectious diseases
  3. bacterial infections
  4. mycobacterial diseases
  5. leprosy
  6. paucibacillary leprosy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. infectious diseases
  3. bacterial infections
  4. mycobacterial diseases
  5. leprosy
  6. paucibacillary leprosy

Término preferido

paucibacillary leprosy

Tipo

  • Topic

Definición

  • Information A form of leprosy classified by the World Health Organization for the purpose of treatment, based on clinical manifestations and skin smear results. Patients with paucibacillary leprosy have fewer than six skin lesions with no causative agent Mycobacterium leprae on any slit-skin smear testing. Paucibacillary leprosy encompasses indeterminate, borderline tuberculoid, and tuberculoid leprosy.

    Fuente: Medical Subject Headings

    Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

Conceptos específicos

Sinónimos

  • borderline tuberculoid
  • indeterminate tuberculoid

En otras lenguas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/133050

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