@article{9978,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Clofazimine, Dapsone, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Humans, leprosy, Leprosy, Borderline, Leprosy, lepromatous, Male, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium leprae, Rifampin, Sepsis, Skin},
  author = {Chatterjee G and Kaur S and Sharma V K and Vaishnavi C and Ganguly N K},
  title = {Bacillaemia in leprosy and effect of multidrug therapy.},
  abstract = {<p>Twenty-five patients of bacilliferous leprosy (17 LL, 8 BL) were studied by the modified haemolysis method for occurrence of bacillaemia and its clearance after two multidrug therapy regimens. Acid-fast bacilli were found in 76% of all patients and in 88.2% LL and 50% BL patients. Bacillaemia occurred with significantly reduced frequency in patients with type II reaction. Acid-fast bacilli were demonstrable in peripheral blood after 1 month in one patient on MDT of an Indian Working Group and 3 lepromatous patients on WHO multidrug therapy. However, bacillaemia could not be demonstrated in any patients after 2 and 3 months of treatment with both regimens.</p>},
  year = {1989},
  journal = {Leprosy review},
  volume = {60},
  pages = {197-201},
  month = {1989 Sep},
  issn = {0305-7518},
  url = {http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1989/v60n3/pdf/v60n3a04.pdf},
  doi = {10.5935/0305-7518.19890025},
  language = {eng},
}