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Preferred term

Leprosy, Paucibacillary  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Borderline Tuberculoid
  • Indeterminate Tuberculoid
  • Paucibacillary Leprosy

In other languages

  • French

  • Lèpre borderline tuberculoïde
  • Lèpre BT (Borderline Tuberculoïde)
  • Lèpre PB

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TWM36T7Z-9

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