ANTIMONY IN LEPROSY

Antimony in the treatment of leprosy.

Antimony is one of the many drugs which has been advocated in the tr eatment of leprosy. ·In the Pretoria Leper Institution we find it useful in various types of cases. We agree with Muir (1) that it has "the power of controlling the condition of lepra reaction," and we use it as a routine for erythema nodosum leproticum. Incidentally we are also using insulin for this condition as recommended ...

Preliminary Note on the Treatment of Leprosy by Antimony

Case report: leprosy in a family

ntroduction: Leprosy is an infectious disease which primarily affect skin and peripheral nerves. Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis that are the acid-fast bacillus are known to be cause of leprosy. Genetic factors and immunological function have some roles in susceptibility of developing leprosy. There are some cases of familial leprosy. Case Report: Here in, we report a cas...

Antimony in Malaria

A few months ago we refused to publish in this journal an advertisement of an antimony preparation which was said to be a specific remedy for malaria in all forms. This preparation appeared to be an ordinary pentavalent one. In our present number we publish an article by P. C. Sen Gupta on malaria complicating kala-azar, in which it is recorded that malaria may occur during or immediately after...

Langerhans Cells in Skin Lesions of Leprosy

Background: Langerhans cells are important in the pathogenesis of leprosy.  A recent study reported that these cells were almost absent in the epidermis overlying lepromatous lesions. Objective: To investigate a possible relationship between the number of Langerhans cells and the histopathologic spectrum of lesions in patients with leprosy. Methods: An immunohistochemical staining for S100 prot...