Os diferentes testes cutâneos existentes para acompanhamento de pacientes com hanseníase

Authors

  • João Renato Rebello Pinho Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto Adolfo Lutz - São Paulo - SP.
  • Heitor Franco de Andrade Júnior Laboratório de Protozoologia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de S. Paulo.
  • Ana Clara Guerrini Schenberg Centro de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade de S. Paulo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47878/hi.1998.v23.36464

Keywords:

Leprosy, Mycobacteriumleprae, Skin tests, Lepromin, Mitsuda antigen, Recombinant antigens

Abstract

Skin tests are utilized in the follow up of leprosy patients, constituting one of the parameters for the classification of the clinical forms of this disease, its prognosis and even for treatment indication and follow up. These tests have been developed in the first quarter of this century and are based on bacilli suspensions obtained from human lesions or from infected armadillos. In this paper, we review the characteristics of lepromin or Mitsuda antigen and other alternative tests. The potential of recombinant antigens in the preparation of skin tests is also highlighted as a future perspective for the preparation of improved, standardized and more specific reagents, in comparison from those tests obtained from human lesions or armadillos.

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Published

1998-11-30

How to Cite

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Pinho JRR, Andrade Júnior HF de, Schenberg ACG. Os diferentes testes cutâneos existentes para acompanhamento de pacientes com hanseníase. Hansen. Int. [Internet]. 1998 Nov. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 7];23(1/2):49-52. Available from: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/36464

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