Mycobacterium Leprae Globi
Mleprae the aetiological agent of leprosy is mycobacterium leprae.
Mycobacterium leprae globi. In laboratory environments mycobacterium lepraeis cultured on the feet of mice or on nine banded armadillos due to the inability to culture in vitro. Since mycobacterium leprae cannot easily be cultured in the lab much is unknown about the infectious dose incubation and transmission of the disease. They are arranged singly in parallel bundles in a packet or in globular masses.
Leprosy can occur at all ages from infancy to elderly but is curable in which treatments can avert disabilities. Mycobacterium lepraeis an intracellular bacterium infecting nerve skin and mucosal cells. The bacteria show considerable morphological variations.
Bacterium causes leprosy hansens disease. Leprae is a straight or slightly curved rod 1 8 mm x 02 05 mm in size with parallel sides and rounded ends. The lepromin test is not used to confirm the diagnosis of leprosy.
The infection is thought to be spread through the skin and nasal mucosa. Intracellular pleomorphic acid fast pathogenic bacterium. The protective nature of calculus and the mycobacterial cell wall may also explain the low deamidation rates observed in the mycobacterium peptides.
Polar bodies and other intracellular elements may be present. Mycobacterium leprae is a microaerophilic acid fast bacillus which causes leprosy. It is a strongly acid fast rod shaped organism with parallel sides and rounded ends.
The lepromin test is used to study host immunity to m. Mycobacterium leprae is a bacterium that causes leprosy also known as hansens disease which is a chronic infectious disease that damages the peripheral nerves and targets the skin eyes nose and muscles. Found in warm tropical countries.
Mycobacterium leprae is well known for its thick cell wall 147477 which may explain the observed similarity in deamination rates and fragment lengths for m. In size and shape it closely resembles the tubercle bacillus. Leprae dna in calculus and dentine.