01214nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001000059653001100069653001600080653001200096653003000108653001100138653001200149653000900161653001300170653000900183653001700192100001100209700001300220700001200233245005500245300001100300490000700311050003200318520054800350022001400898       1986                            d  c1986 Oct-Dec10aAdult10aBiopsy10aClofazimine10aDapsone10aDrug Therapy, Combination10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aRifampin10aSkin10aTime Factors1 aDhir R1 aGuha P K1 aSingh G00aShort term chemotherapy of paucibacillary leprosy.  a549-540 v58  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Twenty freshly diagnosed, previously untreated, adult male patients with paucibacillary leprosy were treated with Multi drug therapy (MDT) according to WHO regimen (1982). The patients remained in the hospital throughout the course of the study. At the end of six months treatment, they were evaluated clinicobacteriologically and histologically for evidence of the disease activity. Active disease was present in 55% of the patients at the end of six months treatment. DDS had to be discontinued in one patient who developed hepatitis.</p>  a0254-9395