Modern treatment of leprosy must take into account the contagiosity of the disease and the risk of inducing the appearance of drug resistant strains. It must be adapted to the estimated charge of bacilli presented by the patient and, in all possible extent, ambulatory. Several therapeutic schemes are proposed. A periodic monitoring of the patient and of its human environment is necessary.
BT - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7421489?dopt=Abstract DA - 1980 Jul-Aug IS - 4 J2 - Med Trop (Mars) LA - fre N2 -Modern treatment of leprosy must take into account the contagiosity of the disease and the risk of inducing the appearance of drug resistant strains. It must be adapted to the estimated charge of bacilli presented by the patient and, in all possible extent, ambulatory. Several therapeutic schemes are proposed. A periodic monitoring of the patient and of its human environment is necessary.
PY - 1980 SP - 441 EP - 5 T2 - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial TI - [Leprosy control in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). II. Rules of treatment and monitoring in "Grande Terre" district (author's transl)]. VL - 40 SN - 0025-682X ER -