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Examen o prueba cutánea para lepra
Las personas que no tienen lepra tendrán poca o ninguna reacción de la piel al antígeno. Los pacientes con un tipo particular de lepra, llamado lepra lepromatosa, no tendrán ninguna reacción de la piel al antígeno.
Una reacción positiva de la piel se puede observar en pacientes con lepra tuberculoide y lepra dimorfa tuberculoide. Los pacientes con lepra lepromatosa no tendrán una reacción cutánea positiva.
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