Leprous Reaction

Leprous lesion presents enrichment of opportunistic pathogenic bacteria

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that remains a major challenge to public health in endemic countries. Increasing evidence has highlighted the importance of microbiota for human general health and, as such, the study of skin microbiota is of interest. But while studies are continuously revealing the complexity of human skin microbiota, the microbiota of leprous cutaneous lesions has not ...

Changes in the anterior nasal spine and the alveolar process of the maxillary bone in leprosy.

The most well-known bone lesions in leprosy are those which are seen in the hands and feet of patients suffering from the maculo-anesthetic type of the disease. These 'changes were studied by Heiberg (4) as early as 1886, and were assumed to be due to neurotrophic disturbances. There develops a concentric atrophy of the bones, mainly the phalanges, and later publications-among others by Harbitz...

Findings in the leprous cornea with the slit-lamp microscope.

Findings in nodular iritis of the leprous eye on examination by the slit-lamp microscope were first reported by Peter in 1924. Since then Pillat, Boshoff (1), Kennedy (5), and others have reported on the changes in the leprous eye observed by the same means. Vale (11) in particular has pointed out the importance of the capillary network in the limbus corneae; and Pillat, and also Elliot (2) hav...

The Diffusion Factor in Leprous Skin

Proprioceptive loss in leprous neuropathy: a study of 19 patients.

BACKGROUND Leprosy presents commonly with mononeuritis multiplex, affecting mainly the exteroceptive sensations. Neuropathy with a significant afferent large fiber element is considered to be an uncommon manifestation of leprous neuropathy. AIMS To evaluate the clinical and neurophysiologic aspects of a subset of patients with leprous neuropathy having clinical proprioceptive loss. SETTINGS...