Skip to main
An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Full

Concept information

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

Término preferido

multibacillary 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 multibacillary leprosy have six or more lesions with or without positive skin smear results for the causative agent Mycobacterium leprae. Multibacillary leprosy encompasses borderline lepromatous, midborderline, and lepromatous leprosy.

    Fuente: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

Conceptos específicos

Sinónimos

  • borderline lepromatous
  • midborderline lepromatous

En otras lenguas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/133049

Descargue este concepto:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Creado 20/11/09, última modificación 30/11/12