The Creeping Metamorphosis of Leprosy with Histopathological And Clinicopathological Study in Alliance of Bacteriomorphological Index

DR SHREESHA KHANDIGE; DR RAGINI THAPA

Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2015

The Creeping Metamorphosis of Leprosy with Histopathological And Clinicopathological Study in Alliance of Bacteriomorphological Index

Dr Shreesha Khandige, Dr Ragini Thapa

Abstract :

Hansen�s disease commonly known as leprosy is a chronic infectious disease commonly affecting the peripheral nerves.leprosy involving primarily the skin, peripheral nerves and nasal mucosa and if not diagnosed & treated early causes deformities in eyes, hands & feet. The bacteriological examination in leprosy is an effective tool to diagnose the cases and their consequences, monitoring their prognosis and identifying possible cases of relapse for further investigations.Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent. Demonstration of leprosy is based on different clinical parameters.this study was done to study histologically various skin biopsies suspicious of leprosy and correlate this evaluation with bacteriological index and morphological index. Leprosy can be classified into 5 different types.This is a 2 year study from may 2012 to may 2014.The sample size was 24 cases.