Leprosy, Paucibacillary [lepra paucibacilární]
topical
- Terms
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Borderline Tuberculoid
Indeterminate Tuberculoid
Paucibacillary Leprosy
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D056005
Definition
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.
- Annotation
- coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
- DUI
- D056005 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0524816
- Previous indexing
- Leprosy (1979-2009)
- History note
- 2010
- Public note
- 2010
Allowable subheadings
- BL
- blood
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced
- CL
- classification
- CO
- complications
- CN
- congenital
- DI
- diagnosis
- DG
- diagnostic imaging
- DH
- diet therapy
- DT
- drug therapy
- EC
- economics
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- EP
- epidemiology
- EH
- ethnology
- ET
- etiology
- GE
- genetics
- HI
- history
- IM
- immunology
- ME
- metabolism
- MI
- microbiology
- MO
- mortality
- NU
- nursing
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology
- PP
- physiopathology
- PC
- prevention & control
- PX
- psychology
- RT
- radiotherapy
- RH
- rehabilitation
- SU
- surgery
- TH
- therapy
- TM
- transmission
- UR
- urine
- VE
- veterinary
- VI
- virology
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Occurrences in Medvik records
C
Diseases
C01.150.252.410.040.552.475.371.775
Leprosy, Multibacillary
C01.150.252.410.040.552.475.371.850
Leprosy, Paucibacillary
C01.150.252.410.040.552.475.371.850.500
Leprosy, Tuberculoid