leprosy, paucibacillary

Preferred Label : leprosy, paucibacillary;

MeSH 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.;

MeSH synonym : borderline tuberculoid; indeterminate tuberculoids; leprosies, paucibacillary; tuberculoid, borderline; tuberculoids, indeterminate; paucibacillary leprosies; paucibacillary leprosy; borderline tuberculoids; tuberculoids, borderline; indeterminate tuberculoid; tuberculoid, indeterminate;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent;

Details

Origin ID

D056005;

UMLS CUI

C1562908;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
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- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- transmission [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Paucibacillary leprosy [PASCAL descriptor]
- Paucibacillary leprosy [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Paucibacillary leprosy (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- leprosy, paucibacillary [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Borderline tuberculoid leprosy [ICD-11 More detail]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Paucibacillary leprosy [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Paucibacillary leprosy [PASCAL descriptor]
- Paucibacillary leprosy (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]

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