TY - JOUR
KW - Dapsone
KW - Drug Combinations
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Humans
KW - Isoniazid
KW - Isonicotinic Acids
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Leprosy, Borderline
KW - Leprosy, lepromatous
KW - Leprosy, Tuberculoid
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Paraguay
KW - Patient Compliance
KW - Prothionamide
KW - Rifampin
KW - Time Factors
AU - Pritze S
AU - Alvarenga A E
AU - Leguizamon O
AU - Haubitz I
AB - <p>In Paraguay, the National Leprosy/Tuberculosis Program is based on a combined chemotherapy with isoprodian and rifampicin. The aim of this descriptive study was to investigate the therapy durations used so far in the treatment of 475 leprosy patients and to analyze the criteria responsible for the wide-ranging differences in therapy durations. As initial criteria, the following parameters were identified to have a significant influence on the therapy duration: Patients never treated before or pretreated, clinical classification and initial bacteriological index (BI) value. During therapy, conditions like the attendance and BI decrease/year showed a significant correlation with the therapy duration. Even though the studied criteria did not allow to draw a definite conclusion with regard to an 'ideal' therapy duration, they proved to be reliable, as only 2 patients have relapsed so far.</p>
BT - Chemotherapy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2676405?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1989
DO - 10.1159/000238698
IS - 5
J2 - Chemotherapy
LA - eng
N2 - <p>In Paraguay, the National Leprosy/Tuberculosis Program is based on a combined chemotherapy with isoprodian and rifampicin. The aim of this descriptive study was to investigate the therapy durations used so far in the treatment of 475 leprosy patients and to analyze the criteria responsible for the wide-ranging differences in therapy durations. As initial criteria, the following parameters were identified to have a significant influence on the therapy duration: Patients never treated before or pretreated, clinical classification and initial bacteriological index (BI) value. During therapy, conditions like the attendance and BI decrease/year showed a significant correlation with the therapy duration. Even though the studied criteria did not allow to draw a definite conclusion with regard to an 'ideal' therapy duration, they proved to be reliable, as only 2 patients have relapsed so far.</p>
PY - 1989
SP - 373
EP - 82
T2 - Chemotherapy
TI - Isoprodian and rifampicin in the treatment of leprosy: a descriptive evaluation of therapy durations in 475 Paraguayan leprosy patients.
VL - 35
SN - 0009-3157
ER -