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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
4
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2008-9-17
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| pubmed:abstractText |
In view of the relatively poor performance of skin smears WHO adopted a purely clinical operational classification, however the poor specificity of operational classification leads to overdiagnosis and unwarranted overtreatment while the poor sensitivity leads to underdiagnosis of multibacillary (MB) cases with inadequate treatment. Bacilli are more frequently and abundantly demonstrated in tissue sections.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0973-3922
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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| pubmed:volume |
74
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
322-6
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Granuloma,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Leprosy,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Mycobacterium leprae,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Sensitivity and Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Skin,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-World Health Organization,
pubmed-meshheading:18797050-Young Adult
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Diagnosing multibacillary leprosy: a comparative evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of slit-skin smear, bacterial index of granuloma and WHO operational classification.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Departments of Dermatology, Leprosy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India. drpremanshu@gmail.com
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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