Id: | 13955
|
Author: | Sandberg, Philip; Shum, Tony K
|
Title: | Lepromatous leprosy of the larynx
..-
|
Source: | s.l; s.n; 1983. 5 p. ilus.
|
Abstract: | Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is a chronic, systemic, granulomatous infection in man caused by the acid-fast organism Mycobacterium leprae, which has a predilection for the skin, the peripheral nervous system, and the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. The organism establishes a stable host-parasite relationship that is usually not fatal but that is potentially mutilating....(AU).
|
Descriptors: | DAPSONA/uso terap DOENCAS DA LARINGE/microbiol DOENCAS DA LARINGE/patol HANSENIASE/quimioter HANSENIASE/patol RIFAMPINA/uso terap
|
Limits: | RELATO DE CASO HUMANO MASCULINO IDOSO
|
Electronic Medium: | http://www.ilsl.br
|
Location: | BR191.1; 09099/s |