00974nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653002200070653001600092653001600108653001100124653001200135653002500147653002500172653001700197653000900214100001700223700001500240245008900255300000900344490000700353520033400360022001400694       1985                            d  c1985 Mar10aArterioles10aBasement Membrane10aCapillaries10aEndothelium10aHumans10aleprosy10aMicroscopy, Electron10aMycobacterium leprae10aPhagocytosis10aSkin1 aBurchard G D1 aBierther M00aAn electron microscopic study of the small cutaneous vessels in lepromatous leprosy.  a70-40 v533 a<p>The small dermal vessels play an important role for the propagation of Mycobacterium leprae. Bacteria can multiply in the endothelial cells as well as in the pericytes and can enter the blood stream from the endothelial cells and the interstitial space from the pericytes. M. leprae can be phagocytosed by blood monocytes.</p>  a0148-916X