The Most Informative Mistake about Report Interpretation of Slit Skin Smear-Crimson Publishers

The Most Informative Mistake about ReportInterpretation of Slit Skin Smear by Pugazhenthan Thangaraju in Cohesive Journal of Microbiology & Infectious Disease

As a beginner in leprosy field, we do encounter with mistake of interpretation of results of slit skin Smear(SSS). A skin smear is a diagnostic & prognostic test in which a sample of material is Collected from a tiny cut in the skin and then stained for M. lepra. This test is done for to confirm clinical diagnosis of multi-bacillary leprosy in a suspect, to determine the state of infectivity, to help in diagnosis of relapse of leprosy, for classification and prognosis and to get negative certificate. The lepra bacilli will be seen as pink rods. The bacilli may be seen as in single, or in small groups or as a closely packed bundle called globi or in any combinations of these.

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