TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Dapsone
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Infant
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Retrospective Studies
AU - Koticha K K
AU - Nair P R
AU - Juwatkar P S
AB - <p>Nine hundred twenty-two bacteriologically positive leprosy cases were registered over a period of 13 years (1962-1974) at the Acworth Leprosy Hospital in Bombay, and studied for a minimum period of five years. Two hundred eighty-eight were found to take antileprosy medication irregularly. The remaining 634 patients, who took their medication regularly, were analyzed with respect to the effects of age, sex, type of disease, frequency of reactions, and duration of treatment on the attainment of bacteriologic negativity. Overall, 57.4% of those patients taking medication regularly became bacteriologically negative; while only 20.8% of those taking medication irregularly became bacteriologically negative. Age and sex did not appear to influence the attainment of bacteriologic negativity. The type of disease, reactions, and duration of treatment all influenced the time required to attain bacteriologic negativity.</p>
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6890538?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1982 Sep
IS - 3
J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Nine hundred twenty-two bacteriologically positive leprosy cases were registered over a period of 13 years (1962-1974) at the Acworth Leprosy Hospital in Bombay, and studied for a minimum period of five years. Two hundred eighty-eight were found to take antileprosy medication irregularly. The remaining 634 patients, who took their medication regularly, were analyzed with respect to the effects of age, sex, type of disease, frequency of reactions, and duration of treatment on the attainment of bacteriologic negativity. Overall, 57.4% of those patients taking medication regularly became bacteriologically negative; while only 20.8% of those taking medication irregularly became bacteriologically negative. Age and sex did not appear to influence the attainment of bacteriologic negativity. The type of disease, reactions, and duration of treatment all influenced the time required to attain bacteriologic negativity.</p>
PY - 1982
SP - 330
EP - 4
T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association
TI - A study of 922 bacteriologically positive leprosy cases.
VL - 50
SN - 0148-916X
ER -