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INDETERMINATE LEPROSY [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • The Skin
DEF

Leprosy which presents few bacilli.

OBS

[Paucibacillary leprosy] includes only smear negative indeterminate(I), tuberculoid(TT) and borderline tuberculoid(BT) cases on the Ridley-Jopling scale or indeterminate(I) and tuberculoid(T) cases in the Madrid classification.

OBS

WHO [World Health Organization] Classification: PB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Lèpre qui contient peu de bacilles.

OBS

[La lèpre paucibacillaire] regroupe uniquement les cas à frottis négatifs qui relèvent de la lèpre indéterminée (I), de la lèpre tuberculoïde polaire (TT) et de la lèpre borderline tuberculoïde (BT) de la classification de Ridley-Jopling ou du groupe indéterminé (I) et de la forme tuberculoïde (T) de la classification de Madrid.

OBS

Classification de l'OMS [Organisation mondiale de la Santé] : PB.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • The Skin
DEF

Early phase in the natural history of leprosy. At this stage the disease has not yet determined into which type it is going to evolve.

OBS

Ridley and Jopling classification: I.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Lèpre qui au début ne présente pas encore tous les éléments cliniques et histologiques permettant de la classer tuberculoïde ou lépromateuse.

OBS

Classification de Ridley et Jopling : I.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la lèpre indéterminée (I) : «indeterminate leprosy (I)» de la classification de Madrid.

Spanish

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