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Job CK. Report on a 10 year follow-up study of 2 lepromatous patients treated for 1 year with standard multidrug therapy. Indian J Lepr 2009; 81:149-150. [PMID: 20509344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Rathinam SR, Khazaei HM, Job CK. Histopathological study of ocular erythema nodosum leprosum and post-therapeutic scleral perforation: a case report. Indian J Ophthalmol 2008; 56:417-9. [PMID: 18711273 PMCID: PMC2636144 DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.42421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by
Mycobacterium leprae, clinically present either as tuberculoid,
borderline or lepromatous type. Erythema nodosum leprosum
(ENL) is an acute humoral response in the chronic course of
lepromatous leprosy. Although very severe ENL reactions are
known in systemic leprosy, such severity is rare in ocular tissues.
A leprosy uveitis patient suffered from a severe form of post-
therapeutic ENL reaction which resulted in perforation of the
globe at the site of preexisting subconjunctival leproma. Painful
blind eye was enucleated. Histopathological study revealed
infiltration of numerous polymorphs and macrophages packed
with acid-fast bacilli in the conjunctiva, cornea, ciliary body,
ora serrata and sclera. A profuse influx of neutrophils on a
background of macrophages packed with M. leprae confirmed
the ocular ENL reaction. This case is reported to alert the
ophthalmologists to a rare ocular complication of ENL.
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- S R Rathinam
- Aravind Eye Hospital and PG Institute of Ophthalmology, 1 Anna Nagar, Madurai - 625 020, India.
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Margery I, Joyce P, Job CK. Role of nerve biopsies in the diagnosis of leprosy in the post multidrug therapy era. Indian J Lepr 2008; 80:279-282. [PMID: 19432359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Job CK. Recent histopathological studies in leprosy, with particular reference to early diagnosis and leprous neuropathy. Indian J Lepr 2007; 79:75-83. [PMID: 18085167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In histopathological studies in leprosy, two important areas were identified in recently published work. They are early diagnosis and neuropathy. In histopathological examination, finding of M. leprae in tissues and/or granulomatous destruction of nerves are the two important findings to confirm the diagnosis. Immunopathological staining of M. leprae, PCR amplification of M. leprae antigen and S100 staining of Schwaann cells have considerably enhanced the sensitivity of histopathological diagnosis. If the two clinical findings such as hypopigmented patches with impaired sensation and thickened nerves accompanied by loss of sensation are the only ones that are taken into account for diagnosis, then a significant number of early patients will be missed. It is pointed out that biopsy examination of skin and nerves, when necessary, and skin-smear studies are indispensable diagnostic procedures. In the study of leprous neuropathy, there are several studies trying to decipher the entry of M. leprae into Schwann cells. The sharing of antigens between M. leprae and surface membrane of Schwann cells may be an important factor. However, there is much more to be learned in this area. In the control and prevention of neuritis, although corticosteroids administered along with multi-drug therapy was helpful, the benefit was not sustained.
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- C K Job
- St.Thomas Hospital & Leprosy Centre, Chettupattu, Tamil Nadu, India
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A 49-year-old man with lepromatous leprosy treated with dapsone monotherapy for 12 years (1967 to 1979) reported in the hospital in 2003, with relapsed disease. A slit skin smear showed a bacteriological index of 4+. Biopsies from skin lesions before and after anti-leprosy therapy showed features of lepromatous leprosy. Both biopsies showed unusual features of bacillary clumps in epidermal cells demonstrating clearly that dissemination of M. leprae can take place even through unbroken skin. The presence of lepra bacilli in clumps in the epidermis is an indicator that the skin is a potential route of transmission of the disease.
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- Jasmita Satapathy
- Department of Pathology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre, Karigiri, Vellore, India
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- Bikash Ranjan Kar
- Department of Dermatology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research & Training Centre, Karigiri, Vellore, India.
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Kar BR, Job CK. Visible deformity in childhood leprosy--a 10-year study. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 2005; 73:243-8. [PMID: 16830633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Deformity seen in children with leprosy has not often been studied, as the disease itself is less common in children. Deformity, being synonymous with the stigma of leprosy, is a definite social problem in children. In this study we have focused on the burden of deformity in children with leprosy, and various factors responsible for the deformities are discussed. We have observed an incidence of 10.5% of Grade II deformities in children with leprosy, which is very high compared to the community rate of 1.4%. Various factors which contributed significantly to the deformities in our study were: increasing age of children, delay in accessing health care, multiple skin lesions, multibacillary disease, smear positivity, multiple nerve involvement, and reaction at the time of presentation to the hospital. Logistic regression analysis showed that children with thickened nerve trunks had 6.1 times higher risk of developing deformities compared to those who did not have nerve enlargement. Children with the above risk factors should be followed up more frequently so as to detect any deformity as early as possible.
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- Bikash Ranjan Kar
- Department of Dermatology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre, Karigiri, Vellore - 632106, India.
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Kar BR, Job CK. Reversal reaction and Mitsuda conversion in polar lepromatous leprosy: a case report. LEPROSY REV 2005; 76:258-62. [PMID: 16248213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A 22-year-old male polar lepromatous leprosy patient who became Mitsuda positive after 36 months of multidrug therapy (MDT) is reported. Lepromatous leprosy (LL) is a state of specific immunosuppression and is invariably irreversible. The finding of Mitsuda positivity in histopathologically proven polar lepromatous leprosy is extremely uncommon, and conversion of lepromin status following MDT has not so far been reported. This case reports confirms the observations made by Waters et al. regarding lepromin conversion in lepromatous patients.
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Kar BK, Job CK. Borderline tuberculoid leprosy localised over a scar. Indian J Lepr 2005; 77:173-6. [PMID: 16044818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Job CK, Jayakumar J, McCormick G. Light and electron microscopic appearances of peripheral nerves from two lepromatous leprosy patients after 12 months of multidrug therapy and their significance. Indian J Lepr 2005; 77:9-18. [PMID: 16173415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Biopsies from radial cutaneous nerves of a lepromatous patient and one borderline lepromatous patient treated with 12 doses of multidrug regimen were studied using light and electronmicroscopes. Histopathologically both showed typical lepromatous neuritis. Electronmicroscopic examination showed demyelination, atrophy and degeneration of myelinated axons and nonmyelinated axons and a marked increase in collagen fibrils. Perineurial cells, Schwann cells and endoneurial macrophages contained numerous persisting M. leprae. Almost all the organisms in macrophages were fragmented and could be considered non-viable. A few M. leprae found in Schwann cells showed structure of viable bacilli. It is possible a few dead or dormant organisms may persist for many years in Schwann cells or in fibrous tissue without producing any ill effects, and may cause relapse only in rare instances. Since 12 months of MDT resulted in the clearance of M. leprae in course of time and the reported relapse rates after years were insignificant, implementation of MDT for a year for all MB patients is justified provided surveillance of these patients is ensured. Administration of uniform MDT for 6 months is worth a trial.
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- C K Job
- Consultant Pathologist, St Thomas Hospital & Leprosy Centre, Chettupattu 606801, Tamil Nadu, India
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A 5-year-old contact of a lepromatous leprosy patient with a tuberculoid lesion on the anterior aspect of the shaft of the penis is reported. The child was clinically suspected to have borderline tuberculoid leprosy during a survey of contacts of leprosy patients, which on histopathology revealed features of subpolar tuberculoid leprosy. The father of the child was recently detected as a case of lepromatous leprosy and was started on multibacillary regime of WHO multidrug therapy. The reason for the localization of the lesion to the shaft of the penis is also suggested. Skin as a route of transmission of tuberculoid leprosy is also emphasized.
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- Bikash Ranjan Kar
- Department of Dermatology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre, Karigiri, Vellore, India.
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A patient is reported who presented with a single lesion on the face which, on histopathological examination, was found to be borderline lepromatous leprosy. The importance of doing skin smears as a routine in all patients to differentiate Multibacillary from Paucibacillary disease is emphasized.
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- Bikash Ranjan Kar
- Department of Dermatology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research & Training Center, Karigiri, Vellore, South India.
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Ebenezer GJ, Daniel S, Norman G, Daniel E, Job CK. Are viable Mycobacterium leprae present in lepromatous patients after completion of 12 months' and 24 months' multi-drug therapy? Indian J Lepr 2004; 76:199-206. [PMID: 15835604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A study was carried out to determine whether or not viable bacilli persist in MB patients treated with 12-month and 24-month multidrug therapy (MDT). In the first group, 60 untreated lepromatous patients who had an initial average bacterial index (BI) of 3+ or more were enrolled. At the completion of 12 months of MDT, skin biopsies were obtained and M. leprae concentrate was inoculated into the footpads of five thymectomized and irradiated (T900r) mice. Rees technique was used for the mouse footpad (MFP) experiment. Harvesting was done it the 6th, 9th and 12th months. Out of the 60 biopsies inoculated into mouse footpads to check the viability of bacilli, 2 skin biopsies (3.3%) showed significant growth and 10 (16%) showed equivocal growth. 27 patients also had nerve biopsies tested for growth in MFP studies. None of the inoculated nerve biopsies showed significant multiplication in the MFP experiments. However, 4 biopsies (14%) showed equivocal growth. In the second group, 20 patients had skin biopsies and 10 had nerve biopsies done at the end of 24 doses of MDT in order to test the viability of bacilli; none of the skin or nerve biopsies from these patients showed any growth. This study showed that M. leprae present in the tissues after 24 doses of MDT are not viable and the drug schedule of 24 doses is adequate to treat leprosy patients, irrespective of their BI. However, a small (3.3%) percentage of the patients with a high BI harbour viable bacteria in the skin after 12 doses of treatment. Since a large majority of the patients (38 patients) who had a high initial BI responded well to the treatment, it is important to find out the reason for the lack of response in two patients. One of the reasons may be the presence of drug-resistant strains. It is important to follow up on these patients for a longer duration to ascertain whether or not they would relapse.
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- G J Ebenezer
- Department of Histopathology and Experimental Pathology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre, Karigiri 632 106, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Kar BR, Ebenezer G, Job CK. Colocalisation of alopecia areata and lichen planus. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2004; 70:242-3. [PMID: 17642625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Kar BR, Nair V, Ebenezer G, Job CK. Squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp arising from chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus: report of two Indian patients. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2004; 70:236-8. [PMID: 17642623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) usually arises in skin damaged by actinic rays. Exposure to chemicals like coal tar, soot, arsenic and a variety of oils and distillation products is also implicated in its pathogenesis. It occasionally occurs in scars following inflammatory or degenerative processes. It is an end stage complication of a wide array of inflammatory skin conditions. SCC complicating chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CCLE) in Indian patients is rarely reported. Here we report two such Indian patients with long standing CCLE in whom the diagnosis of CCLE and SCC was confirmed by histopathology.
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- Bikash Ranjan Kar
- Department of Dermatology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research & Training Centre, Karigiri, Vellore, India.
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Ebenezer GJ, Norman G, Joseph GA, Daniel S, Job CK. Drug resistant-Mycobacterium leprae--results of mouse footpad studies from a laboratory in south India. Indian J Lepr 2002; 74:301-12. [PMID: 12624978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Out of 265 biopsies of leprosy patients received at the Experimental Pathology Laboratory of Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre from 1987 to 1997 for evaluating resistant strains of M. leprae, using the mouse footpad technique, 49 showed resistant strains of M leprae to varying concentrations of dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine. 23 (47%) of these were from a control area. With 369 skin-smear positive multibacillary (MB) patients as the risk group (denominator), 23 (6.23%) were resistant to one or more drugs. 18 (4.88%) had dapsone resistance, 5 (1.36%) were resistant to rifampicin and 9 (2.44%) had resistance to low concentrations of clofazimine (0.0001%). Out of the 23 biopsies with drug resistance from the control area, primary dapsone resistance was seen in 7 (30%) biopsies and secondary dapsone resistance in 11 (48%). Primary rifampicin resistance was seen in 4 (17.4%) patients, secondary rifampicin resistance in 1 (4.35%) and primary clofazimine resistance in 7 (30%). 3 (13%) of the strains showed secondary clofazimine resistance. One biopsy had resistant strains to all the three drugs. In a control area where properly supervised effective multidrug therapy (MDT) was regularly administered over the years, the emergence of drug resistance is negligible. It may not be the case if the content, duration and regularity of the drug regimen were not satisfactory. Aware of the possible shortcomings in mass administration of MDT, it is emphasized that mouse footpad studies on drug resistance should be made available at least in endemic areas where the incidence of the disease has not changed despite good MDT coverage in order to monitor the emergence of drug resistance. Research into molecular biological identification of drug resistant-M.leprae should be intensified. These steps would help to institute timely measures to check the spread of any drug-resistant organisms in the community.
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- G J Ebenezer
- Department of Histopathology and Experimental Pathology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre, Karigiri 632 106, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Suneetha LM, Vardhini D, Suneetha S, Balasubramanian AS, Job CK, Scollard D. Biochemical aspects of Mycobacterium leprae binding proteins: a review of their role in pathogenesis. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 2001; 69:341-8. [PMID: 12035295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Daniel S, Anbarasu JP, Job CK. Persisting M. leprae in a nerve in the pampiniform plexus of a lepromatous patient: an unusual finding. Indian J Lepr 2001; 73:273-5. [PMID: 11840600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Job CK. Pathology and pathogenesis of leprous neuritis; a preventable and treatable complication. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 2001; 69:S19-29. [PMID: 11757175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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In conclusion, it may be said that many advances have been made in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of nerve damage. It is now a well accepted fact that the affinity of M. leprae for Schwann cells and the property of M. leprae to grow in cooler sites of the body have made certain segments of nerve trunks vulnerable. Trauma that supervenes the inflammation and swelling severely aggravates the nerve damage. The reactive phase in all forms of leprosy, the etiology of which is not clearly understood, produces intraneural caseous necrosis in tuberculoid disease and microabscesses in lepromatous disease, causing much irreversible damage to nerves. The steroid treatment that is administered during the reactive phase has helped greatly to stop further damage, although the damage already done to nerves is not always reversible. Preventive measures like detecting the disease before nerve trunks are infected and offering prompt and adequate antileprosy therapy as early as possible have helped to reduce the prevalence of deformities. It is hoped that administering steroids along with antileprosy therapy to prevent active inflammation and or fibrosis of the nerve will reduce the prevalence of nerve damage significantly. Measures which provide rest for the infected nerve to prevent trauma should be explored.
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- C K Job
- St. Thomas Hospital and Leprosy Centre, Chettupattu 606 801, T.V. Malai District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Muruganand D, Ebenezer G, Job CK. Polyunsaturated fatty acids levels in edible oils: a nutritional factor contributing to the growth of Mycobacterium leprae. Indian J Lepr 2001; 73:62-4. [PMID: 11326602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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The manifestation of leprosy in humans is largely determined by host immunity to Mycobacterium leprae and is a model for immunoregulation in a human disease. However, animal models available for exploration of the leprosy spectrum are inadequate. This study explored M. leprae infection in mice deficient in inducible nitric oxide synthase, and this report describes elements resembling borderline tuberculoid leprosy in humans.
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- L B Adams
- National Hansen's Disease Programs, Laboratory Research Branch at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70894, USA.
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Daniel E, Ebenezer GJ, ffytche TJ, Sigamani A, Job CK. Epithelioid granuloma in the iris of a lepromatous leprosy patient; an unusual finding. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 2000; 68:152-5. [PMID: 11036495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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This case report depicts a case of histopathologically confirmed polar lepromatous (LL) leprosy with a bacterial index of 4+. He experienced recurrent episodes of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) in the first 5 years after diagnosis. Skin smears became negative after 6 years of dapsone monotherapy and have remained negative since that time. At 23 years after diagnosis, the patient had developed cataracts and underwent intracapsular cataract extractions with broad-based iridectomies. In one of the iris specimens, histopathologic examination revealed a focal granuloma composed of epithelioid cells. Subsequently a lepromin skin test showed a positive Mitsuda reaction with a borderline tuberculoid histopathology. This clearly illustrates the immunological upgrading of a polar lepromatous patient, perceived first in the iris tissue.
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- E Daniel
- Department of Ophthalmology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Center, Karigiri, Tamil Nadu, India
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Job CK, Truman RW. Comparative study of Mitsuda reaction to nude mouse and armadillo lepromin preparations using nine-banded armadillos. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 2000; 68:18-22. [PMID: 10834065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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In 14 nine-banded armadillos the Mitsuda response to nude mouse-derived lepromin (lepromin-nu/nu) was compared to that of armadillo-derived lepromin (lepromin-A) by injecting the reagents intradermally into either side of the abdomen of the animal and examining the biopsies from the sites after 12 days. The histopathologic responses to both antigens were found to be similar, whether the animal was Mitsuda-negative (lepromatous) or Mitsuda-positive (tuberculoid). It is pointed out that armadillos are good experimental models for leprosy, and their use can replace humans in experimental studies.
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- C K Job
- Microbiology Research Department, GWL Hansen's Disease Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70894, USA
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Job CK. Developments in experimental leprosy. Indian J Lepr 2000; 72:143-54. [PMID: 10935192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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- C K Job
- St Thomas Hospital & Leprosy Centre, Chettupattu
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Job CK, Truman RW. Mitsuda-negative, resistant nine-banded armadillos and enhanced Mitsuda response to live M. leprae. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1999; 67:475-7. [PMID: 10700925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Ebenezer GJ, Job CK. Histopathological activity in paucibacillary leprosy patients after ROM therapy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1999; 67:409-13. [PMID: 10700915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Histopathological activity was assessed in the skin tissue of 13 skin-smear negative, borderline tuberculoid leprosy patients after administration of a single dose of ROM (rifampin 600 mg, ofloxacin 400 mg and minocycline 100 mg) therapy. Biopsies taken just before therapy showed Mycobacterium leprae to be present in eight cases. After 6 months, only three showed granulomatous lesions and others showed only resolving or inactive lesions. Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) persisted in the nerves of three cases. At the end of 12 months, granulomas persisted in 2 out of 13 (15%) patients. No bacilli, however, were detected in any of them at the end of 12 months. This study demonstrated that 12 months after a single dose of ROM granuloma cleared in 85% of the patients and AFB were absent in all of them.
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- G J Ebenezer
- Department of Histopathology and Experimental Pathology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Center, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ebenezer GJ, Job A, Abraham S, Arunthathi S, Rao PS, Job CK. Nasal mucosa and skin of smear-positive leprosy patients after 24 months of fixed duration MDT: histopathological and microbiological study. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1999; 67:292-7. [PMID: 10575409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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The skin and nasal mucosa of 10 lepromatous leprosy patients who had completed 24 doses of fixed duration multidrug therapy (MDT) but who continued to be skin-smear positive for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) were examined histopathologically. The nasal mucosa showed granuloma fractions that exceeded those seen in the skin specimens, signifying that activity in this region subsides much more gradually than the activity in the skin. Mouse foot pad studies done using T900r mice with an inoculum from the nasal mucosa biopsy specimens of these patients did not demonstrate any growth of Mycobacterium leprae, indicating that these bacilli were not viable. A skin specimen from one patient grew significant amounts of bacteria in the T900r mouse foot pad. These results show that 2 years of treatment with MDT would prevent dissemination of M. leprae from the nasal mucosa and, therefore, should preclude further transmission of the disease. It also indicates that viable bacteria might persist in the skin of patients, especially those with an initial bacterial index of > or = 4+ who have completed 24 doses of regular MDT. Therefore, a more cautious approach to administering only 12 doses of MDT to highly positive multibacillary patients is suggested.
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- G J Ebenezer
- Department of Histopathology and Experimental Pathology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Center, Tamil Nadu, India
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Job CK, Jayakumar J, Aschhoff M. "Large numbers" of Mycobacterium leprae are discharged from the intact skin of lepromatous patients; a preliminary report. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1999; 67:164-7. [PMID: 10472371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Ebenezer GJ, Arumugam S, Job CK. Infection by M. leprae is governed by the temperature at the entry point: a preliminary note. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1999; 67:162-4. [PMID: 10472370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Ebenezer GJ, Barkataki A, Job CK. Leprosy relapse presenting in a histoid form after multidrug therapy. Br J Dermatol 1999; 140:759-60. [PMID: 10233341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Thomas MM, Jacob M, Chandi SM, George S, Pulimood S, Jeyaseelan L, Job CK. Role of S-100 staining in differentiating leprosy from other granulomatous diseases of the skin. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1999; 67:1-5. [PMID: 10407622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Since Mycobacterium leprae are rarely demonstrable in the tuberculoid spectrum of leprosy, a confirmatory diagnosis of leprosy can be made on the basis of finding active destruction of cutaneous nerves by granulomatous inflammation in a skin biopsy. Immunoperoxidase staining for S-100 protein, which is a marker for Schwann cells, was used to delineate nerves in lesional skin biopsies of 25 patients with tuberculoid and borderline tuberculoid leprosy as well as 15 controls with nonleprous granulomatous inflammation. Four different patterns of nerve damage were observed: infiltrated, fragmented, absent, and intact. All of the nonleprous granulomatous dermatoses showed only intact nerves, either inside or outside the granuloma, and so S-100 staining can be used to rule out leprosy.
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- M M Thomas
- Department of Dermatology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ebenezer GJ, Gnanaraj L, Ebenezer M, Job CK. Lepromatous orchitis associated with seminoma. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1998; 66:385-6. [PMID: 9934365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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- G J Ebenezer
- Department of Histopathology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Center, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abraham S, Mozhi NM, Joseph GA, Kurian N, Rao PS, Job CK. Epidemiological significance of first skin lesion in leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1998; 66:131-9. [PMID: 9728445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The epidemiological significance of monolesions in leprosy and the possible inferences on the mode of entry by Mycobacterium leprae into the body are presented based on data from the clinical records of the Leprosy Control Programme of Gudiyatham Taluk in India; 660 children with monolesions (335 males, 305 females) younger than 15 years of age and detected during the period 1990-1995 were included in the study. Detailed investigations on the location of monolesions were carried out and compared with a random sample of 669 normal rural children matched for age and sex. A large majority of the leprosy monolesions were in the uncovered parts of the body, with special predilection for the posterior aspects of the upper extremities and the anterior aspects of the lower extremities. Based on observation of normal children, these happen to be precisely the sites vulnerable for trauma since they are exposed to the environment where M. Leprae could enter through abraded skin and manifest as a patch. The need for further studies is emphasized.
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- S Abraham
- Branch of Epidemiology and Leprosy Control, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre, Tamil Nadu, India
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Suneetha LM, Satish PR, Korula RJ, Suneetha SK, Job CK, Balasubramanian AS. Mycobacterium leprae binds to a 25-kDa phosphorylated glycoprotein of human peripheral nerve. Neurochem Res 1998; 23:907-11. [PMID: 9572680 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022471331168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy, specifically invades and destroys the peripheral nerve, which results in the main clinical manifestation of the disease. Little is known about the bacteria-nerve protein interaction. We show in the present work that M leprae binds to a 25 kDa glycoprotein from human peripheral nerve. This protein is phosphorylatable and it binds to lectins which have alpha-mannose specificity. This M leprae-protein interaction could be of importance in the pathogenesis of leprosy.
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- L M Suneetha
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, TN, India
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Job CK, Thompson K. Histopathological features of lepromatous iridocyclitis; a case report. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1998; 66:29-33. [PMID: 9614837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A peripheral iridectomy specimen which included a portion of the ciliary body from an advanced lepromatous leprosy patient was studied histopathologically. The lepromatous granuloma in the iris was similar in content and appearance to that of skin lesions. It appeared that even in this advanced lepromatous patient the dilator muscles of the iris were preserved. This study agrees with the earlier observation that the dysfunction of the iris in lepromatous disease is most probably the result of autonomic nerve destruction. Further, it is possible that the lepromatous involvement of the iris may reflect the histopathological changes in the ciliary body.
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- C K Job
- St. Thomas Hospital, T.S. District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Job CK, Jayakumar J, Aschhoff M. A case of lymphocytic vasculitis with infiltration of dermal nerves resembling indeterminate leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1998; 66:49-51. [PMID: 9614840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- C K Job
- St. Thomas Hospital and Leprosy Centre, Chettupattu, Tamil Nadu, India
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Job CK, Ebenezer GJ, Thompson K, Daniel E. Pathology of eye in leprosy. Indian J Lepr 1998; 70:79-91. [PMID: 9598408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- C K Job
- St. Thomas Hospital and Leprosy Centre, Chettupattu
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Job CK, Jayakumar J, Williams DL, Gillis TP. Role of polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of early leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1997; 65:461-4. [PMID: 9465155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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For 39 patients suspected of early leprosy, skin biopsies of the lesions were done and bisected. One piece was used for histopathologic examination and the other for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) studies to detect Mycobacterium leprae. The diagnosis of early leprosy was made clinically in 14 patients and by histopathologic study in 26 patients. Acid-fast bacilli were seen in the histopathologic sections of only two patients, and M. leprae were detected using PCR techniques in 11 patients. In one patient the diagnosis of leprosy was made only because of the detection of M. leprae in the PCR study. Since even in endemic countries the profile of leprosy is changing, detection of leprosy lesions in their early stages has become increasingly important. Since the finding of M. leprae is crucial in the confirmatory diagnosis of early leprosy, it is suggested that PCR studies to detect M. leprae be done wherever possible in conjunction with histopathologic examination. It is also recommended that the feasibility and the cost-effectiveness of both of these methods to find M. leprae be evaluated.
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- C K Job
- Department of Leprosy, St. Thomas Hospital and Leprosy Center, T.S. District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Job CK, Baskaran B, Jayakumar J, Aschhoff M. Histopathologic evidence to show that indeterminate leprosy may be a primary lesion of the disease. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1997; 65:443-9. [PMID: 9465152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Five biopsies of patients with indeterminate leprosy and five with skin lesions of nonspecific chronic inflammation were chosen. Histopathologic changes in the presence of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in an average number of 145 serial sections from the entire paraffin block from each were evaluated. In all five indeterminate lesions AFB were found in the dermis, but intraneural AFB were present in only two cases. Mainly, lymphocytic infiltrate was present in two and early, poorly formed granulomas were seen in three. It is suggested that nonspecific chronic inflammation of the skin could precede indeterminate disease and that AFB, before they entered the dermal nerves, may be found in other dermal tissues. In most if not all early lesions of indeterminate leprosy Mycobacterium leprae would be found if an adequate number of sections stained for AFB were examined. The histopathologic and immunologic features of indeterminate disease were in favor of it being a primary lesion in leprosy.
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- C K Job
- St. Thomas Hospital and Leprosy Centre, T.S. District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Jayakumar J, Aschhoff M, Job CK. A case of morphoea with dermal neuritis as in indeterminate leprosy. Indian J Lepr 1997; 69:407-409. [PMID: 9474518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Suneetha LM, Satish PR, Suneetha S, Job CK, Balasubramanian AS. M. leprae binds to a 28-30-kDa phosphorylated glycoprotein of rat peripheral nerve. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1997; 65:352-6. [PMID: 9401488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To understand Mycobacterium leprae-peripheral nerve interaction, we have investigated the binding of M. leprae to rat peripheral nerve proteins in an in vitro model using 32P-phosphorylated proteins of the peripheral nerve. Intact M. leprae binds to a major phosphorylated protein of 28-30 kDa and, to a minor extent, to a few proteins of molecular weight 45-55 kDa. This binding was more specific for M. leprae since only insignificant binding was observed with other bacteria, such as M. bovis or Escherichia coli. M. leprae did not show binding to several phosphorylated proteins of the rat brain. The 28-30-kDa binding protein of the rat peripheral nerve was found to be a glycoprotein by concanavalin A-Sepharose column chromatography.
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- L M Suneetha
- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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AIM The histopathological features of the iris in leprosy were studied by light microscopy. METHOD Formalin fixed and paraffin embedded iris tissue excised during cataract surgery from 20 leprosy patients were sectioned and studied with haematoxylin and eosin stain and modified Fite Faraco's stain for acid fast bacilli (AFB). RESULTS Chronic inflammatory reactions were seen in the iris of 11 patients, seven of whom did not have any clinically demonstrable evidence of iridocyclitis. Smooth muscle disruption and destruction were seen in two specimens. AFB were found in the iris tissue of a polar lepromatous patient whose skin smears were negative for AFB and who had completed the WHO recommended antileprosy multidrug therapy (MDT). CONCLUSION Histopathology discloses far more silent chronic iridocyclitis in leprosy patients than are diagnosed clinically. AFB can persist in the iris tissue even after completion of MDT. Smooth muscle disruption and destruction, a cause of the miotic pupil in leprosy has been conclusively demonstrated histopathologically.
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- E Daniel
- Branch of Ophthalmology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre, Karigiri, Tamilnadu, India
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Arumugam S, Ebenezer GJ, Job CK. Preparation of thymectomized irradiated (T900r) mice: a modification. Indian J Lepr 1997; 69:200-1. [PMID: 9290979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Job CK, Jayakumar J, Aschhoff M. Delayed resolution versus treatment failure in paucibacillary leprosy patients under six months fixed duration multidrug therapy. Indian J Lepr 1997; 69:131-42. [PMID: 9290964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Thirty paucibacillary (PB) patients were given multidrug therapy (MDT) PB regimen for six months and were examined clinically and histopathologically before therapy, at six months and 12 months after therapy; and in four patients, at 18 to 23 months after MDT. Histopathological activity was present in 50% and 25% of patients after six months and 12 months respectively after MDT. At 18 to 23 months, the four patients continued to have active lesions both clinically and histopathologically. On the basis of this study it is found that fixed duration of MDT is effective in a large majority of patients especially those with indeterminate leprosy. However, there is "delayed resolution" in a significant number of patients which in a few instances may turn out to be "treatment failures". Therefore, a regular follow up of high risk patients for at least two years and if possible, five years, with freedom to intervene with additional anti-inflammatory or antileprosy therapy as desired, is recommended.
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- C K Job
- Leprosy Department, St Thomas Hospital & Leprosy Centre, Chettupattu
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Job CK, Baskaran B, Jayakumar J, Aschhoff M. Pathologic changes in a tibial nerve with surviving M. leprae in a healed tuberculoid leprosy patient. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1997; 65:90-4. [PMID: 9207758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A tibial nerve from a disease-arrested borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy patient was dissected out and examined almost in its entirety using hematoxylin and eosin staining, a modified Fite's stain for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), solochrome cyanin stain for myelin, and van Gieson's stain for fibrous tissue. Fibrosis of the perineurium and epineurium and fibrous replacement of the nerve parenchyma, which was maximum at the ankle joint area, were seen. In focal areas inflammation was present, especially in the epineurium around blood and lymph vessels. Even 21 years after adequate antileprosy therapy, AFB were present in the endoneurium in all except 2 of the 10 segments of the nerve, evoking hardly an inflammatory reaction or other ill effects. It is pointed out that BT leprosy should also be considered a generalized disease, especially when there is peripheral nerve trunk involvement and, in such cases, a longer duration of currently available antileprosy therapy is advisable. Trauma to nerve trunk plays a major role in producing nerve destruction and paralysis.
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- C K Job
- St. Thomas Hospital and Leprosy Center, T.S. District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Daniel E, Thompson K, Ebenezer GJ, Abraham S, Job CK. Pterygium in lepromatous leprosy. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1996; 64:428-32. [PMID: 9030109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Pterygia from the eyes of three lepromatous leprosy patients were histopathologically studied. All of the specimens contained acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and exhibited features of chronic inflammation. In the etio-pathogenesis of the pterygium that occurs in leprosy patients, the chronic inflammation that is a feature of the disease, the involvement of the nerves within the pterygium, the increased exposure to sunlight, dust and wind (especially in patients having lagophthalmos), and the ostrasization by society that necessitates living predominantly outdoor lives, should be taken into account.
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- E Daniel
- Department of Ophthalmology, Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Center, Tamil Nadu, India
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Suneetha LM, Job CK, Balasubramanian AS. Effect of Mycobacterium leprae on peripheral nerve protein phosphorylation; a preliminary study. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1996; 64:333-5. [PMID: 8862273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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