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.
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus. The disease mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and also the eyes.Leprosy is curable and treatment provided in the early stages averts disability.ey facts. 1  Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by a slow multiplying bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae. 2  M. leprae multiplies slowly and the incubation period of the disease is about 5 years. 3  Symptoms can take as long as 20 years to appear.