In leprosy, classic diagnostic tools based on bacillary counts and histopathology have been
facing hurdles, especially in distinguishing latent infection from active disease and …

Pure neuritic leprosy (PNL) is characterized by exclusive peripheral neuropathy without
dermatological alterations. Diagnosis is difficult since skin lesions and acid-fast bacilli (AFB) …

This study aimed to analyze the self-reported clinical history of patients misdiagnosed with
leprosy in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study of new leprosy …

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To review the literature and to report a clinical case with initial
suspicion of pure neural leprosy and final diagnosis of amyloid neuropathy. METHODS: The …

Background Determine TB-LAM Ag (LAM) is a point of care test developed to diagnose
tuberculosis (TB). The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of LAM …

Leprosy is an important cause of nontraumatic peripheral neuropathy. Its main clinical
features are anesthetic skin lesions and peripheral neuropathy, but skin lesions are …

Despite the significant reduction in global leprosy prevalence in the advent of multidrug
therapy, epidemiological evidence shows that new case detection rate in endemic countries …

Detection of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) by microscopy is recognized as the fastest, easiest, and
least expensive tool for the rapid identification of leprosy cases. In many regions where …

O M. leprae é o agente da hanseníase. Por ser um bacilo não cultivável em meios definidos,
seu diagnóstico é essencialmente clínico. Pesquisas têm sido realizadas para desenvolver …

Introduction: The diagnosis of pure neural leprosy (PNL) remains difficult due to absence of
characteristic skin lesions. Prior to the advent of invasive nerve biopsy, patients with pure …