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Leprosy, Paucibacillary

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Definition: A form of LEPROSY classified by the World Health Organization for the purpose of treatment, based on clinical manifestations and skin smear results. Patients with paucibacillary leprosy have fewer than six skin lesions with no causative agent MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE on any slit-skin smear testing. Paucibacillary leprosy encompasses indeterminate, borderline tuberculoid, and tuberculoid leprosy.     
Examples Leprosy, Borderline; Leprosy, Tuberculoid 		Other names Tuberculoids, Indeterminate; Tuberculoids, Borderline; Tuberculoid, Indeterminate; Tuberculoid, Borderline; Paucibacillary Leprosies; Leprosies, Paucibacillary; Indeterminate Tuberculoids; Borderline Tuberculoids; Paucibacillary Leprosy; Indeterminate Tuberculoid; Borderline Tuberculoid

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