RAT LEPROSY, VIEWED ESPECIALLY BACTERIOLOGICALLY

The Relationship of Human Leprosy and Rat Leprosy

Rat leprosy exhibits certain pathological, bacteriological and clinical features in common with leprosy of man. The delicate rodlike morphology of the bacilli of Stefansky (26) and of Hansen (9), their strongly acid-fast and alcohol-fast staining reactions, and their resistance to cultivation on artificial mediums indicate a close relationship of these two generally accepted etiological agents....

Tuberculosis in Australia: bacteriologically confirmed cases

The Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network collected and analysed laboratory data on isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reported during 1994 and 1995. The total number of confirmed isolates was 708 in 1994 and 705 in 1995. This represents an annual incidence of approximately 4 cases of laboratory confirmed tuberculosis per 100,000 population. These figures are similar to thos...

Innervation especially sensory innervation of duodenum in white rat.

perfection of staining methods, the results were tainted with defects. In 1932, the epochal discovery of the terminal formation of the vegetative nerve fibres, that is the terminalreticulum, was made by Stohr1) and Reiser,2) after a painstaking labor. Subsequent observations by many investigators on the subject led to a remarkable illustration of the problem. On the other hand, the sensory nerv...

Clinical, Radiological and Epidemiological Considerations in Bacteriologically Unconfirmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis in Australia: bacteriologically confirmed cases and drug resistance, 2005.

The Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network (AMRLN) collects and analyses laboratory data on new cases of disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. In 2005, a total of 810 cases were identified by bacteriology; an annual reporting rate of 4.0 cases per 100,000 population. Isolates were identified as M. tuberculosis (n = 806), Mycobacterium africanum (n = 2) and Myc...