Re: (LML) 19th International Leprosy Congress Beijing 2016

Dear Schreuder,

As per the question by Geeske Zip, in clinical Leposy you classify base on skin lesions and major nerver trunk invovment. If an individual patient has 5 skin lesions or less with one major nerve trunk invovment or none you classify as PB. If an individual has more than five skin lesions you classify as MB or if he has more than one nerve involvment even if he has less than 6 skin lesions you classify as MB as per the WHO guideline.

Dr Tahir Dahiru

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Pieter Schreuder <editorlml@gmail.com> wrote:

Leprosy Mailing List – March 6,  2016

Ref.:  (LML) 19th International Leprosy Congress Beijing 2016 

From:  Geeske Zijp, Mongo, Chad

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Dear Dr. Schreuder,

Ben Naafs (LML February 4, 2016) asked us to come with questions on clinical leprosy.

 

When concerning the WHO-grading, 5 or less skin patches means PB-leprosy. We do occasionally have patients with 5 or less patches but many of them have more than one enlarged nerve. Recently a new patient, having mistreated himself with traditional medicine, was detected by our team in his village with (severe) leprosy reaction on multiple nerves. The patient was put on MDT PB but we decided later on, to put him on MB treatment since he presented reaction symptoms on multiple nerves.

 

My question is, what is the guideline? What is the criteria in regard to nerve involvement (hypertrophy) for classification PB or MB (when skin patches are 5 or less?). Is there a standard answer on this?

 

NB: we are working in very basic field conditions, without the possibility to do routine laboratory work (skin smears only in the capital, nerve biopsies outside the country I believe).

With kind regards,

Geeske Zijp
TLM-programme manager for Chad

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