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| Year : 1992 | Volume
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Bacillaemia in leprosy
R Arora, N Jindal, S Arora, RK Saini, RC. Sarin
Department of Microbiology, Department and Skin & STD Department, Medical College, Amritsar
Correspondence Address:
R Arora
Department of Microbiology, Department and Skin & STD Department, Medical College, Amritsar
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ABSTRACT: Fifty patient of leprosy have been screened for bacillaemia by buffy coat method. 20 cases (40 percent) showed bacillaemia and bacilli were found in monocytes and polymorph nuclear cells. In 4 cases bacilli were uniformly stained (believed to be the viable form). None of the patient towards tuberculoid spectrum showed bacillaemia. A definite correlation was observed between the bacterial index (BI) in the skin and detection of bacilli in the blood. |
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