This study examined the risk of relapse in 421 paucibacillary patients who had defaulted after varying periods of dapsone monotherapy; short of the recommended course. The 421 patients contributed a total of 2,162 person years of risk; 10 patients relapsed, giving a relapse rate of 4.6 per 1000 persons years of risk, or a crude relapse rate (RR) of 2.4%. This paper discusses the issue of defaulters with paucibacillary leprosy and the findings of the study suggest that defaulters with paucibacillary leprosy are not a serious problem in terms of leprosy control.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4078362?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1985 Apr-Jun IS - 2 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -This study examined the risk of relapse in 421 paucibacillary patients who had defaulted after varying periods of dapsone monotherapy; short of the recommended course. The 421 patients contributed a total of 2,162 person years of risk; 10 patients relapsed, giving a relapse rate of 4.6 per 1000 persons years of risk, or a crude relapse rate (RR) of 2.4%. This paper discusses the issue of defaulters with paucibacillary leprosy and the findings of the study suggest that defaulters with paucibacillary leprosy are not a serious problem in terms of leprosy control.
PY - 1985 SP - 354 EP - 9 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Are defaulters with paucibacillary leprosy a problem? VL - 57 SN - 0254-9395 ER -