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Reading of the Mitsuda test: comparison between diameter and total area by mean...

Alecrim, Edilamar Silva de; Chaves, Ana Thereza; Pôrto, Luiz Alberto Bomjardim; Grossi, Maria Aparecida de Faria; Lyon, Sandra

The Mitsuda test is a skin test based on the individual’s immune response through late and highly specific hypersensitivity reaction to the Mycobacterium leprae bacillus. A negative reaction identifies individuals who present a higher risk of becoming ill if exposed to M. leprae and, if they become ill, to develop the virchowian form of disease. The Mitsuda test reading is performed by means of a millimeter rul...

Date: 2019   |   Origin: Oasisbr

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