Chinese Journal of Dermatology ›› 1990, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (6): 392-394.

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DETECTION OF PERSISTING MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE BY USING CONCENITAL ATHYMIC NUDE MICE (NIH/nu/nu)

WANG He-Ying, LI Wen-Zhong   

  1. Instituete of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanjing
  • Received:1989-08-15 Revised:1989-12-21 Online:1990-12-15 Published:1990-12-15

Abstract: This paper reports the result of detection of Persisting M.icprae in 14 patients with lepromatous leprosy (LL) and borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy undergoing muitidrug therapy (MDT) for ≥1 to ≥2 years by using nude mice.