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| Year : 1984 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 63-66 |
Study Of Bacillaemia In Leprosy
C. P Baveja, V. K Sharma, V. N Sehgal, D. S Agarwal
Correspondence Address:
C. P Baveja
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
Using buffy-coat and haemolysis techniques, acid-fast bacilli (AFB) could be demonstrated in the blood stream of 10 out of 53 (18.9%) patients of leprosy. Of these 10 patients 9, belonged to lepromatous (LL) or borderline lepromatous (BL) spectrum and the remaining one was a borderline borderline (BB) case. None of the 30 patients towards tuberculoid (BT, TT) spectrum showed bacillaemia. A definite correlation was observed between the high bacterial index (BI) in the skin and detection of bacilli in the blood of leprosy patients. The buffy-coat technique proved superior to the haemolysis technique in demonstrating bacillaemia.
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