01149nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653003000055653001100085653002300096653001200119653001500131653001700146100001600163700002000179700001600199700001600215700001200231245011500243856004100358300001000399490000700409520045300416022001400869       1996                            d  c1996 Jun10aDrug Therapy, Combination10aHumans10aLeprostatic Agents10aleprosy10aRecurrence10aTime Factors1 aJesudasan K1 aVijayakumaran P1 aManimozhi N1 aJeyarajan T1 aRao P S00aAbsence of relapse within 4 years among 34 multibacillary patients with high BIs treated for 2 years with MDT.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v64n2a06.pdf  a133-50 v643 a<p>Thirty-four multibacillary patients with a bacterial index (BI) of 3+ or more were treated with 2 years of WHO multidrug therapy (WHO/MDT). Treatment was then stopped and the patients followed for a minimum of 4 years. The rate of fall in the BI in this group without further treatment was similar to the rate of fall in the BI in an earlier group of similar patients treated with MDT until skin-smear negativity. No relapses have been seen.</p>  a0148-916X