Shetty V P, Antia N H
Foundation for Medical Research, Thadani Marg, Worli, Bombay.
Indian J Lepr. 1996 Jan-Mar;68(1):105-8.
Thirty lepromatous (BL-LL) and 25 tuberculoid (TT-BT) nerve lesions obtained from untreated cases of leprosy were scanned using transmission electron microscope for assessing the bacterial load in different cell types. Major bulk of infection was seen in the Schwann cells of nonmyelinated fibres, in both early lepromatous and tuberculoid nerve lesions, suggesting that M. leprae spread mainly via the Schwann cells within the nerve.
对30例未经治疗的麻风瘤型（BL-LL）和25例结核样型（TT-BT）麻风神经病变进行透射电子显微镜扫描，以评估不同细胞类型中的细菌载量。在早期麻风瘤型和结核样型神经病变中，大部分感染见于无髓纤维的施万细胞，这表明麻风杆菌主要通过神经内的施万细胞传播。
