Multibacillary leprosy patients with high and persistent serum antibodies to leprosy IDRI diagnostic-1/LID-1: higher susceptibility to develop type 2 reactions

Multibacillary leprosy patients with high and persistent serum antibodies to leprosy IDRI diagnostic-1/LID-1: higher susceptibility to develop type 2 reactions

Leprosy inflammatory episodes [type 1 (T1R) and type 2 (T2R) reactions] represent the major cause of irreversible nerve damage. Leprosy serology is known to be influenced by the patient’s bacterial index (BI) with higher positivity in multibacillary patients (MB) and specific multidrug therapy (MDT)...

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Main Authors: Danielle de Freitas Mizoguti, Emerith Mayra Hungria, Aline Araújo Freitas, Regiane Morillas Oliveira, Ludimila Paula Vaz Cardoso, Mauricio Barcelos Costa, Ana Lúcia Maroclo Sousa, Malcolm S Duthie, Mariane Martins Araújo Stefani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-11-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
antibody
diagnosis
LID-1
leprosy reactions
serology
PGL-I
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