Diagnosis, Workup and Treatment. This patient with gradual, painless, blurred vision OD was found to have a unilateral hyperopic shift of 1.5 D from an underlying choroidal mass. The differential diagnosis for a unilateral hyperopic shift includes mechanisms that flatten the cornea, shift the lens posteriorly, or shift the retina anteriorly. In this case, there was an amelanotic choroidal mass that shifted the retina anteriorly.
Q: A: Mycobacterium leprae is the scientific name for the pathogen of Leprosy. It is an intracellular, pleomorphic, acid fast bacterium. M. Leprae is a gram-positive aerobic rod-shaped (bacillus) surrounded by the characteristic waxy coating unique to mycobacteria.hat is the scientific name for leprosy. http://www.chacha.com/question/what-is-the-scientific-name-for-leprosy. Leprosy's scientific name is mycobacterium leprae humanum. It's also named  Hansen's disease after its discoverer, G-A Hansen.
Due to the intracellular lifestyle of the bacteria, Mycobacterium leprae infection is associated with symptoms that are the result of the immune system attacking host cells. The bacteria elicit an immune response on nerve cells and other immune cells, causing inflammation and neuropathy [7] .escription. Mycobacterium leprae is a microaerophilic, acid-fast bacillus which causes leprosy. Since Mycobacterium leprae cannot easily be cultured in the lab, much is unknown about the infectious dose, incubation, and transmission of the disease [7] .