How is drug resistance in leprosy monitored?

Leprosy has long been thought to be the disease referred in the Bible to tzaraat, which referred to a variety of inflammatory granulomas with pigmentary ... Mar 18, 2021 ... Symptoms of leprosy · Skin sores or lesions that do not heal after several months (lesions are flat or slightly elevated and light in color or ... Lepromatous leprosy · Early symptoms of nasal stuffiness, discharge, and bleeding · Swelling and thickening of limbs, especially ankles and legs with subsequent ... Jan 17, 2021 ... “Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white, 25 then the ... Leprosy is an age-old disease which can be considered the emblem of social inequalities and historical power of social stigma. Mar 13, 2024 ... Leprosy is caused by two different but similar bacteria — Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis — the latter having just been ... Apr 27, 2011 ... A genetic study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that US armadillos and human patients share what seems to be a unique strain of ... Mar 28, 2024 ... More cases are popping up across the country, including Florida, where the disease may have become endemic, experts say. Sep 9, 2015 ... Taken from their families: The dark history of Hawaii's leprosy colony. A slowly progressing and intractable disease characterized by subcutaneous nodules (Hebrew se'eth; Septuagint oule; the King James Version "rising"), scabs or ...