Leprosy can be classified according to its operational form as paucibacillary or multibacillary. Bacilloscopy integrates its diagnostic armamentarium. Patients with the disease may present leprosy reactions. This study describes the association of bacilloscopy results and the type of operational classification of leprosy in patients with leprosy reactions. Medical records were analyzed at a reference center between 2010 and 2015. Reactions occurred in almost half of the patients, making their identification important. The bacilloscopic and operational characterization indicates a greater occurrence of leprosy reactions in patients with positive bacilloscopy and also in multibacillary.
BT - Anais brasileiros de dermatologia C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33288104 DA - 01/2018 DO - 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186725 IS - 3 J2 - An Bras Dermatol LA - eng N2 -Leprosy can be classified according to its operational form as paucibacillary or multibacillary. Bacilloscopy integrates its diagnostic armamentarium. Patients with the disease may present leprosy reactions. This study describes the association of bacilloscopy results and the type of operational classification of leprosy in patients with leprosy reactions. Medical records were analyzed at a reference center between 2010 and 2015. Reactions occurred in almost half of the patients, making their identification important. The bacilloscopic and operational characterization indicates a greater occurrence of leprosy reactions in patients with positive bacilloscopy and also in multibacillary.
PY - 2018 SP - 454 EP - 456 T2 - Anais brasileiros de dermatologia TI - Relationship between bacilloscopy and operational classification of Hansen's disease in patients with reactions. VL - 93 SN - 1806-4841 ER -