01372nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653001900058653001100077653002300088653001200111653000900123653003000132100001600162700001500178700001300193700001500206700001300221245007000234856006100304300001100365490000700376050001800383520067900401022001401080       2007                            d  c2007 Apr 1510aClassification10aHumans10aLeprostatic Agents10aleprosy10aSkin10aWorld Health Organization1 aPardillo FE1 aFajardo TT1 aAbalos R1 aScollard D1 aGelber R00aMethods for the classification of leprosy for treatment purposes.  uhttp://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/44/8/1096.full.pdf  a1096-90 v44  aPARDILLO 20073 a<p>The World Health Organization advocates 2 leprosy treatment regimens on the basis of disease classification (as multibacillary or paucibacillary) by skin lesion count. This method, which, in the Philippines, results in a high prevalence (78%) of patients with multibacillary leprosy, was directly compared with classification using standard histopathological and microbiological criteria in 264 currently untreated patients with leprosy. Of those whose leprosy was classified as paucibacillary, 38%-51% of patients had multibacillary leprosy according to classic criteria and were thus at risk of undertreatment according to World Health Organization recommendations.</p>  a1537-6591