01252nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001653001500042653001200057653002000069653002000089100000900109700000900118700001000127700001300137700001100150700001100161700001600172700001000188700001200198245011000210856007500320300001600395050001200411520056300423       2013                            d10aRifampicin10aleprosy10aElderly patient10aDrug Resistance1 aYu M1 aWu K1 aPei B1 aDegang Y1 aWang Q1 aWang H1 aJian-Ping S1 aYan L1 aZhang G00aRifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in an elderly leprosy patient in the People's Republic of China  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3754489/pdf/cia-8-1097.pdf  a1097 - 1099  aYU 20133 aThe reported number of registered leprosy patients worldwide declined with the introduction of multidrug therapy. However, the emergence of rifampicin resistance in leprosy patients engenders difficulties for an individual patient, and its dissemination could pose a threat to leprosy control. This study reports an elderly patient who was diagnosed with rifampicin-resistant lepromatous leprosy. This case indicates that inadequate treatment and poor compliance may eventually result in rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium leprae and clinical relapse.