AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1997

  • question_answer
    The causative agent of Hansens disease is

    A)  Myobacterium tuberculosis

    B)  Myobacterium leprae

    C)  Cornybacterium diphtheriae

    D)  Clostridium tetani.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    : Hensens disease or leprosy is a chronic communicable bacterial disease caused by the Mycobacterium leprae. It may occur in various clinical forms. The two principal forms are lepromatous (characterized by skin lesions and symmetrical involvement of peripheral nerves with anesthesia, muscle weakness and paralysis) and tuberculoid (usually benign). Lepromatous leprosy is much more contagious than the tuberculoid form.


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