Leprosy, Multibacillary [lepra multibacilární]
- Terms
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Borderline Lepromatous
Midborderline Lepromatous
Multibacillary Leprosy
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.
- Annotation
- coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
- DUI
- D056006 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0524817
- Previous indexing
- Leprosy (1983-2009)
- 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