 Leprosy, Multibacillary
"Leprosy, Multibacillary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 multibacillary leprosy have six or more lesions with or without positive skin smear results for the causative agent MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. Multibacillary leprosy encompasses borderline lepromatous, midborderline, and lepromatous leprosy.
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D056006
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.386.775
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| Concept/Terms |
Leprosy, Multibacillary- Leprosy, Multibacillary
- Leprosies, Multibacillary
- Multibacillary Leprosies
- Midborderline Lepromatous
- Lepromatous, Midborderline
- Multibacillary Leprosy
- Borderline Lepromatous
- Lepromatous, Borderline
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leprosy, Multibacillary" by people in Profiles.
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Pescarini JM, Teixeira CSS, Silva NBD, Sanchez MN, Natividade MSD, Rodrigues LC, Penna MLF, Barreto ML, Brickley EB, Penna GO, Nery JS. Epidemiological characteristics and temporal trends of new leprosy cases in Brazil: 2006 to 2017. Cad Saude Publica. 2021; 37(7):e00130020.
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Teixeira CSS, Pescarini JM, Alves FJO, Nery JS, Sanchez MN, Teles C, Ichihara MYT, Ramond A, Smeeth L, Fernandes Penna ML, Rodrigues LC, Brickley EB, Penna GO, Barreto ML, Silva RCR. Incidence of and Factors Associated With Leprosy Among Household Contacts of Patients With Leprosy in Brazil. JAMA Dermatol. 2020 06 01; 156(6):640-648.
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