Leprosy has shown an increasing resistance to dapsone.

Tubby was very closely associated with BELRA ( British Empire Leprosy Relief Association ) which later became LEPRA and many Toc H men went to work in the leprosy colonies of Africa.

An English journalist called Parkinson arrives at the village with the intention of writing a series of articles, to be syndicated in many European and North American newspapers, on the subject of Querry's perceived ' saintly ' activities in the village, including a story of Querry pursuing his servant-an African mutilated by Leprosy -, who became lost in the jungle.

* Leprosy: BCG has a small protective effect against leprosy of around 26 %, although it is not used specifically for this purpose.

Leprosy, also known as Wopat ’ s or Hansen's Disease, is caused by a bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae.

The organization relies on contributions from renowned scientists and professionals to inform its work, such as the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, the WHO Expert Committee on Leprosy, and the WHO Study Group on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice.

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease ( HD ), is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

Leprosy is now known to be neither sexually transmitted nor highly infectious after treatment.

Leprosy has affected humanity for over 4, 000 years, and was recognized in the civilizations of ancient China, Egypt, Israel, and India.

Leprosy was once believed to be highly contagious and was treated with mercury — all of which applied to syphilis, which was first described in 1530.

World Leprosy Day was created to draw awareness to leprosy and its sufferers.

Leprosy was regarded as largely hereditary or otherwise miasmic in origin.

His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.

In Bergen, a medical museum has been designated Hansen, which is often referred to as the Leprosy Museum.

The Leprosy Archives in Bergen has been nominated by UNESCO to the list: Memory of the World.

Leprosy has been reported in the central Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, including Hazarajat provinces such as Bamyan, Wardak, and Ghazni.

In 1999, Leprosy Control stated that they were the only NGO providing anti-leprosy aid in the Hazarajat, and had been doing so since 1984.

He attended an International Leprosy Meeting at Bangkok which revived his interest in leprosy problems.

The term " Leper " was used as a blanket description of medieval skin diseases and not necessarily " Leprosy " as it is understood today.

Leprosy is not contagious once treated, and laws that used to force seclusion on leprosy patients have long been overturned.

The recording, titled Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy, made in a front room of Cramer's home in Vale Court, Maida Vale, brought Lady June's spoken word poetry together with the music and voice of Ayers, and also had contributions by Brian Eno and Pip Pyle.

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, was officially eliminated at the national level in China by 1982, meaning prevalence is lower than 1 in 100, 000.

The King Uzziah Stricken with Tzaraath | Leprosy, by Rembrandt, 1635.

Leprosy, an infectious illness, can result in the progressive destruction of the nerves, which can mimic the genetic diseases described above.

( Leprosy is a bacterial infection, not genetic, and cannot be passed on to offspring.

The film recounts the life of a Belgian Saint, Fr Damien of Molokai who devoted his life to the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

He published about 250 papers dealing with ( 1 ) factors slowing the growth of tubercle bacilli that might account for the lengthy duration of treatment, including the first paper on the effects of anaerobic culture ; ( 2 ) with Jean Dickinson on post-antibiotic effects to account for the success of intermittent drug dosage ; ( 3 ) the curious characteristics of attenuated South Indian strains of TB ; ( 4 ) the response to treatment when the strains were initially resistant to the drugs allowing identification of the action of individual drugs.

Anaerobic and microaerophilic cocci and gram-negative and gram-positive anaerobic bacilli are the predominate bacterial isolates.

* Sinus and dental infections — Aerobic and anaerobic streptococci, anaerobic gram-negative bacilli ( e. g. Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Bacteroides ), Fusobacterium, S. aureus, and Enterobacteriaceae

* Pulmonary infections — Aerobic and anaerobic streptococci, anaerobic gram-negative bacilli ( e. g. Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Bacteroides ), Fusobacterium, Actinomyces, and Nocardia

The bacilli have retained enough strong antigenicity to become a somewhat effective vaccine for the prevention of human tuberculosis.

They noted a glycerin-bile-potato mixture grew bacilli that seemed less virulent, and changed the course of their research to see if repeated subculturing would produce a strain that was attenuated enough to be considered for use as a vaccine.

The research continued throughout World War I until 1919, when the now avirulent bacilli were unable to cause tuberculosis disease in research animals.

Numerous medical studies on treatment of these abscesses with antibiotics have been done with varying results, but the consensus is once pus is aspirated and analysed, provided no unusual bacilli are present, the abscess will generally heal on its own in a matter of weeks.

The trawler Carella accidentally sailed through a cloud of pneumonic plague bacilli ( Yersinia pestis ) during this trial.

A master criminal, Fu Manchu's murderous plots are marked by the extensive use of arcane methods ; he disdains guns or explosives, preferring dacoits, Thuggee, and members of other secret societies as his agents armed with knives, or using " pythons and cobras ... fungi and my tiny allies, the bacilli ... my black spiders " and other peculiar animals or natural chemical weapons.

Pasteur publicly claimed he had made the anthrax vaccine by exposing the bacilli to oxygen.

Streptococci, staphylococci and certain Gram-negative bacilli cause cerebritis prior to the formation of a brain abscess.

The same day a sealed package of soil was left outside the military research facility at Porton Down ; tests revealed that it contained anthrax bacilli.

In most cases of perforation of a hollow viscus, mixed bacteria are isolated ; the most common agents include Gram-negative bacilli ( e. g., Escherichia coli ) and anaerobic bacteria ( e. g., Bacteroides fragilis ).

Armadillos and humans are among only a few animal species that naturally suffer from leprosy ; as the bacteria responsible for this disease cannot yet be grown in culture, armadillos are the primary source of bacilli used in leprosy vaccines.

This research led to the development of the defoliation bacilli bomb and the flea bomb used to spread the bubonic plague.

At Utrecht, Eijkman turned to the study of bacteriology, and carried out his well-known fermentation test, by means of which it can be readily established if water has been polluted by human and animal defaecation containing coli bacilli.

: PEA selects for Staphylococcus species while inhibiting Gram-negative bacilli ( e. g. Escherichia coli, Shigella, Proteus, etc.

It is formulated to inhibit Gram-positive bacteria, while the growth of Gram-negative bacilli is encouraged.