{"title":"[Rubino's reaction].","authors":"M S Arruda, C S Astolfi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Some aspects related to the Rubino's reaction are commented, viewing both a better identification of the involved elements and the arousing of the investigators interest for this test. The following aspects are discussed: 1) the influence of temperature upon the elements of the reaction; 2) Correlation between Rubino's reaction and: a) humoral alterations observed in leprosy; b) cell mediated immunity; 3) variations of the serologic reactivity; 4) prognosis value and healing criterion.</p>","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"5-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14997005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[How to prevent Hansen's disease].","authors":"A P de Mesquita","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The author indicates as the best measures regarding the prophylaxie of hanseniasis a) The active involvement of the patients as well as those in immediate contact in the struggle against the disease. They should be put on the alert for the discovery of new cases and their indication to a specialist. b) The unrestricted sale of sulfone in order to give to the patients, easer access to that drug. c) The creation of an Institute of Scientific Research for the study of hanseniasis. d) The raising of fundi through government or private (tax deductible), contributions of national and international institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"80-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14997009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Five years of hanseniasis control activities in the Cape Verde Islands based on the OMSLEP system.","authors":"A Loretti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After some general information about the use of the OMSLEP System in the National Hanseniasis Control Program of the Republic of Cape Verde the author presents some operational and epidemiological indices produced by the System, adding a short evaluation of the Program and of the use of the System.</p>","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"38-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14997002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Epidemiologic aspects of Hansen's disease at the 10th Regional Health Department (DRS/10) of Presidente Prudente, State of São Paulo, in December of 1984].","authors":"E da C Galvão","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper relates the epidemiological situation of hanseniasis at the Health Region of Presidente Prudente, São Paulo State, Brazil. It was observed a high percentage from 1974 to nowadays, of diagnosed early forms of the disease (I). In 1984 were diagnosed 132 patients, V and D cases 36 (27.28%), I cases 62 (46.96%) and T cases 34 (25.15%). The rate of incidence in 1984 was 0.19% and the rate of prevalence was 1.83.</p>","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"53-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14997212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Leprous symmetric keratoderma palmaris et plantaris. Apropos of 2 clinical cases].","authors":"G D'Arrigo, L Califano, G Rizza, G Galota","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two cases of \"Keratoderma palmaris et plantaris symmetric leprous\" are described, which rarely occur in the field of acrokeratosis, contracted by infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"32-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14113147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mast cells in histoid lepromatous lesions.","authors":"R Kumar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ten patients with histoid lesions among the lepromatous leprosy cases, of both sexes in the age group of 35-65 years, were included in this study. Skin biopsy from the nodule with surrounding healthy skin of histoid lesion was taken. The biopsies were fixed in Susa solution and processed for light microscopy. 5-7 mu thick sections were cut and stained with haematoxylin and eosin, Toluidine blue and Fite Faraco. Observations were made on the dermis to locate the mast cells and bacilli. Proliferation of mast cells and their degranulation were seen in the histoid nodule as compared to surrounding normal healthy skin where the cells were mainly intact. The study further investigates the role of mast cells in the histopathogenesis of the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14996363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Nigam, R D Mukhija, A K Gupta, S G Dayal, B M Goyal
{"title":"Gonadal involvement in leprosy--study of gynaecomastia, testicular and epididymal involvement and therapeutic efficacy of indigenous drugs.","authors":"P Nigam, R D Mukhija, A K Gupta, S G Dayal, B M Goyal","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sixty male patients of leprosy (mean age = 27.2 +/- 5.04 years) selected at random, were studied for gonadal involvement and therapeutic efficacy of two indigenous drugs. Of these 34 were married, with the mean duration of illness 4.17 +/- 3.27 years. Only those with lepromatous and dimorphous leprosy developed testicular and epididymal changes. Testicular pain and/or swelling (lepromatous = 62.5%, dimorphous = 30%) was the commonest presenting feature. Altered sexual function was observed in 34 (56.6%) cases, while 11 patients revealed altered sexual hair pattern and nine gynaecomastia. Reduced testicular size associated with soft feel was present in 25% of cases with no testicular sensation in 8 (13.3%) and impaired testicular sensation in 9 (15%) patients. Spermogram revealed azoospermia in 19 (35%) and oligospermia in 16 (26.6%) patients. Histopathological findings of testicle biopsy revealed evidence of leprous pathological irrespective of testicular size, semen picture and clinical manifestations. Histopathological changes had shown marked variation and so did not enable categorising them into vascular, interstitial and obliterative phases. These changes were believed to be due to the altered gonadal state in leprosy. The therapeutic efficacy of the indigenous preparations, Speman and Tentex forte (Himalaya) was evaluated subjectively as well as objectively in 34 patients. 82.3% of cases showed subjective improvement while objective improvement in spermogram was noted in 87.5% cases with oligospermia. The drugs have no side effect and were well tolerated.</p>","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"9 1-2","pages":"10-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17656419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In vitro effect of Mycobacterium leprae suspensions on the polymorphonuclear neutrophils function of hanseniasis patients to Candida albicans and Candida pseudotropicalis.","authors":"E L Fliess, G Franceschini, M C Ortiz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The in vitro effect of Mycobacterium leprae suspensions on the PMN ability to phagocytizing and killing Candida albicans and Candida pseudotropicalis was studied in forty-five patients of Hansen's disease and in fifteen healthy controls. Our results show no significative differences between the different studied groups, both for the phagocytosis and for the lysis of yeasts. There was no significant changes in the mean values of these functions after previous or simultaneously incubation with Mycobacterium leprae suspensions. Those observations confirmed that there are not alterations in the enzymatic battery of PMN in Hansen's disease patients and that the Mycobacterium leprae presence does not exert stimulating effect on this in vitro model.</p>","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"9 1-2","pages":"3-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17460561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IV Brazilian Hansen's Disease Congress. Port Alegre, October 29th to November 1st, 1982. Abstracts.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75893,"journal":{"name":"Hansenologia internationalis","volume":"9 1-2","pages":"21-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17656420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}