TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Dapsone
KW - Drug Administration Schedule
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprosy, Tuberculoid
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Recurrence
KW - Rifampin
AU - Pavithran K
AB - <p>Among 25 patients who had short-course multidrug therapy as recommended by the WHO for paucibacillary leprosy, 3 were observed to develop relapse of their disease 8 to 12 months after completion of treatment. These three cases of relapse are reported in detail. The duration of chemotherapy recommended by the WHO in paucibacillary cases appears to be too short.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3192971?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1988 Apr
IS - 2
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Among 25 patients who had short-course multidrug therapy as recommended by the WHO for paucibacillary leprosy, 3 were observed to develop relapse of their disease 8 to 12 months after completion of treatment. These three cases of relapse are reported in detail. The duration of chemotherapy recommended by the WHO in paucibacillary cases appears to be too short.</p>
PY - 1988
SP - 225
EP - 9
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Relapse of paucibacillary leprosy after short course multidrug therapy.
VL - 60
SN - 0254-9395
ER -