title: Composite skin contact smears: a method of demonstrating the non-emergence of Mycobacterium leprae from intact lepromatous skin.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009093:Mucus / Q000382:microbiology; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*