NALT

Termo preferencial

paucibacillary leprosy

Topic

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.

leprosy

borderline tuberculoid
indeterminate tuberculoid

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

57254

espanhol

lepra paucibacilar

URI

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

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Criado 11/20/09, última modificação 11/30/12